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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825251903321

Autore

Gaposchkin M. Cecilia (Marianne Cecilia), <1970->

Titolo

The making of Saint Louis : kingship, sanctity, and crusade in the later Middle Ages / / M. Cecilia Gaposchkin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-8014-6016-6

Descrizione fisica

xvii, 331 p. : ill., maps

Disciplina

944/.023

Soggetti

Canonization - Political aspects - France - History - To 1500

Church and state - France - History - To 1500

France Kings and rulers Religious aspects

France Church history 987-1515

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Maps, Diagram, and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The Making of a Saint, 1270-1297 -- 2 The Canonization of 1297 -- 3 Constructing the Cult -- Excursus -- 4 Royal Sanctity and Sacral Kingship -- 5 The Monastic Louis -- 6 The Franciscans' Saint Louis and the Specter of Saint Francis -- 7 Joinville -- 8 Private Devotion, Saintly Lineage, and Dynastic Sanctity -- 9 Conclusion -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Appendix 4 -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

M. Cecilia Gaposchkin reconstructs and analyzes the process that led to King Louis IX of France's canonization in 1297 and the consolidation and spread of his cult.