The Eagles of Savoy: The House of Savoy in Thirteenth-Century EuropeThis book is the history of a very remarkable family, that of Count Thomas of Savoy, whose seven sons and two daughters rose from relative obscurity to fame, fortune, and involvement in almost every major international conflict in western Europe during the fifty years following their father's death in 1233. By tracing the careers of the Savoyards, Eugene L. Cox emerges with a pan European view of the thirteenth century. Professor Cox describes the