02658nam 22005893 450 991083831560332120231110222524.01-80270-030-710.1515/9781802700305(CKB)5720000000019980(MiAaPQ)EBC29441744(Au-PeEL)EBL29441744(DE-B1597)619158(DE-B1597)9781802700305(OCoLC)1337521391(EXLCZ)99572000000001998020220825d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAgnès Sorel and the French Monarchy History, Gallantry, and National Identity1st ed.Piraí :Arc Humanities Press,2022.©2022.1 online resource (164 pages)Gender and Power in the Premodern World 1-64189-352-4 Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction. Why a New Study of Agnès Sorel? -- Part One. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT AGNÈS SOREL AND HOW WE KNOW IT -- Chapter One. Who Was Agnès Sorel? -- Chapter Two. The Primary Sources -- Chapter Three. The First Royal Mistress in Historical Context -- Part Two THE SPECTACULAR AFTERLIFE OF AGNÈS SOREL -- Figure 1: Jean Fouquet, “Madonna Surrounded by Seraphim and Cherubim.” -- Chapter Four. Communicative Memory -- Chapter Five. Cultural Memory: Agnès as Celebrity -- Chapter Six. Agnès la Gallante -- Chapter Seven. History, Gallantry, and National Identity -- Conclusion. Agnès Sorel, Modern Celebrity -- Bibliography -- IndexThe first full length study in English to examine the life and the afterlife of Agnès Sorel (1428-1450), a favourite of King Charles VII of France, and first in the long genealogy of French royal mistresses.Gender and Power in the Premodern World Favorites, RoyalFranceBiographyHISTORY / MedievalbisacshAgnès Sorel.King Charles VII of France.King Louis XI of France.Philippe Chartier.medieval women.poisoning.royal mistress.Favorites, RoyalHISTORY / Medieval.944.026092Adams Tracy1310033MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910838315603321Agnès Sorel and the French Monarchy4139110UNINA