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Angevin

Angevin (ăn'juvin) [key][Fr.,=of Anjou], name of two medieval dynasties originating in France. The first ruled over parts of France and over Jerusalem and England; the second ruled over parts of France and over Naples, Hungary, and Poland, with a claim to Jerusalem.

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Angevin art in Italy: the principal legacy of French rule over medieval Naples is a group of gothic churches. Impressive, but poorly documented, they receive detailed scrutiny in two recent books.(The Stones of Naples: Church Building in Angevin Italy, 1266-1343)(The Church of Santa Maria Donna Regina: Art, Iconography and Patronage in Fourteenth-Century Naples )(Book Review) (Apollo)

The Stones of Naples: Church Building in Angevin Italy, 1266-1343.(Book review) (Church History)

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