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Blanche of Castile : Queen of France / Lindy Grant.
Van Pelt Library DC91.6.B5 .G73 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grant, Lindy, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Blanche, of Castile, Queen, consort of Louis VIII, King of France, 1188-1252.
- Blanche.
- Louis VIII, King of France, 1187-1226.
- Louis.
- Queens--France--Biography.
- Queens.
- France.
- France--History--Louis VIII, 1223-1226.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 455 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, genealogical tables ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
- Contents:
- Princess of Castile
- The Lord Louis and the Lady Blanche
- King Louis VIII and Queen Blanche
- Queen regent
- Queen dowager
- The crusade regency
- Family, friends and familia
- Religion, the church and other faiths
- Piety and devotion
- The culture of the court
- Legitimacy and authority
- Ruler and counsellor
- The image of the queen.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-436) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300219265
- 0300219261
- OCLC:
- 945354519
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