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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458192203321

Autore

Le Goff Jacques <1924-2014.>

Titolo

Saint Louis [[electronic resource] /] / Jacques Le Goff ; translated by Gareth Evan Gollrad

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2009

ISBN

0-268-08568-4

Edizione

[English language ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (956 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GollradGareth Evan

Disciplina

944/.023092

B

Soggetti

Christian saints - France

Electronic books.

France Kings and rulers Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

The life of Saint Louis. From birth to marriage (1214-1234) ; From marriage to the Crusade(1234-1248) ; The Crusade and the stay in the Holy Land (1248-1254) ; From one Crusade to the next and death (1254-1270) ; Toward sainthood : from death to canonization (1270-1297) -- The production of royal memory: did Saint Louis exist? The king from the documents ; The king of the mendicant hagiographers: a saint king of resurgent Christendom ; The king of Saint-Denis: a dynastic and "national" saint king -- The king of the Exempla ; Prefigurations of Saint Louis in the Old Testament ; The king of the mirrors of the princes ; The king of the foreign chroniclers ; The king of commonplace ideas: did Saint Louis exist? ; The 'real' Louis IX of Joinville ; Saint Louis : between the model and the individual -- Saint Louis, the unique and ideal king. Saint Louis in space and time ; Words and images ; Words and gestures: the Prud'homme ; The king's three functions ; Saint Louis: feudal king or modern king? ; Saint Louis and his family ; Saint Louis' religion ; Conflicts and criticisms ; Saint Louis, sacred king, thaumaturge, and saint ; The suffering king, the Christ king.