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Courting sanctity : holy women and the Capetians /

"Courting Sanctity argues that during the reign of Louis IX (r. 1226-70) holy women were central to the rise of the French royal family's self-presentation as uniquely favored by God, that their influence began to be questioned at the court of Philip III (r. 1270-85), and that would-be hol...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Field, Sean L. (Sean Linscott), 1970- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Prologue : the rise of Capetian sanctity and the reign of Louis IX
  • Isabelle of France : a holy woman at the heart of the Capetian court
  • Douceline of Digne : co-mother to Capetians
  • Prologue : a crisis in the reign of Philip III
  • Elizabeth of Spalbeek : a prince's death, a queen's crime, and a king's sin
  • Writing holy women, 1282-85
  • Prologue : the culminating reign of Philip IV
  • Paupertas of Metz : peacemaker, prophet, or poisoner?
  • Marguerite Porete and Margueronne Bellevillette : the beguine and the sorceress
  • Epilogue : echoes and afterlives.