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Courting sanctity : holy women and the Capetians / Sean L. Field.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 266 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781501736209
  • 1501736205
  • 9781501736216
  • 1501736213
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Courting sanctity.DDC classification:
  • 944/.02409252 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ1147.F7 F54 2019
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Prologue : the rise of Capetian sanctity and the reign of Louis IX -- Isabelle of France : a holy woman at the heart of the Capetian court -- Douceline of Digne : co-mother to Capetians -- Prologue : a crisis in the reign of Philip III -- Elizabeth of Spalbeek : a prince's death, a queen's crime, and a king's sin -- Writing holy women, 1282-85 -- Prologue : the culminating reign of Philip IV -- Paupertas of Metz : peacemaker, prophet, or poisoner? -- Marguerite Porete and Margueronne Bellevillette : the beguine and the sorceress -- Epilogue : echoes and afterlives.
Summary: "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)"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue : the rise of Capetian sanctity and the reign of Louis IX -- Isabelle of France : a holy woman at the heart of the Capetian court -- Douceline of Digne : co-mother to Capetians -- Prologue : a crisis in the reign of Philip III -- Elizabeth of Spalbeek : a prince's death, a queen's crime, and a king's sin -- Writing holy women, 1282-85 -- Prologue : the culminating reign of Philip IV -- Paupertas of Metz : peacemaker, prophet, or poisoner? -- Marguerite Porete and Margueronne Bellevillette : the beguine and the sorceress -- Epilogue : echoes and afterlives.

"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)"-- Provided by publisher.

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 01, 2019).