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