The making of Saint Louis : kingship, sanctity, and crusade in the later Middle Ages / M. Cecilia Gaposchkin.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Gaposchkin, M. Cecilia (Marianne Cecilia), 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Canonization--Political aspects--France--History--To 1500.
• Church and state--France--History--To 1500.
• France--Kings and rulers--Religious aspects.
• France--Church history--987-1515.
• Louis IX, King of France, 1214-1270--Cult.

Physical Description:

xvii, 331 p. : ill., maps.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

M. Cecilia Gaposchkin reconstructs and analyzes the process that led to King Louis IX of France's canonization in 1297 and the consolidation and spread of his cult.

Contents:

• Intro
• Contents
• Illustrations
• Maps, Diagram, and Tables
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1 The Making of a Saint, 1270-1297
• 2 The Canonization of 1297
• 3 Constructing the Cult
• Excursus
• 4 Royal Sanctity and Sacral Kingship
• 5 The Monastic Louis
• 6 The Franciscans' Saint Louis and the Specter of Saint Francis
• 7 Joinville
• 8 Private Devotion, Saintly Lineage, and Dynastic Sanctity
• 9 Conclusion
• Appendix 1
• Appendix 2
• Appendix 3
• Appendix 4
• Bibliography
• Index.

Notes:

• Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8014-6016-6

OCLC:

726824265