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 holy women were increasingly assumed to pose physical, spiritual, and political threats by the death of Philip IV (r. 1285-1314)--

• | Author: Sean L. Field
• | Publisher: Cornell University Press
• | Publication Date: May 15, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 288 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1501736191
• | ISBN-13: 9781501736193