| Edition |
English language ed. |
| Description |
xxxii, 876 p. : maps. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Louis IX, King of France, 1214-1270.
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Christian saints -- France -- Biography.
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France -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Gollrad, Gareth Evan.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780268033811 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0268033811 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780268085681 (electronic bk.) |
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