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Theorizing the ideal sovereign : the rise of the French vernacular royal biography / Daisy Delogu.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [(c)2008.]Description: 1 online resource (viii, 300 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442689381
  • 1442689382
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DC36.6
Online resources:
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Contents:
1. Models of Sanctity and Kingship in Joinville's Vie de saint Louis: Will the Real Louis IX Please Stand? -- 2. Hugh the Butcher: Lineage, Election, and Succession in the Chanson de Hugues Capet -- 3. Crusading Ideal in Guillaume de Machaut's Prise d'Alixandre -- 4. Herald Chandos's Vie du Prince Noir: A prince tree chretien -- 5. Reinventing Kingship: Christine de Pizan's Livre des fais et bonnes meurs du sageroy Charles V -- Appendix. Genealogical Table -- The Last Capetians, the First Valois, and Claimants to the French Throne.
Summary: Delogu examines how biographical writings on kings contributed to nascent ideas of nationhood, exerted pressure upon traditional ideals of kingship, and ultimately redefined the theoretical and practical bases of medieval kingship.
Item type: Online Book
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Includes bibliographies and index.

1. Models of Sanctity and Kingship in Joinville's Vie de saint Louis: Will the Real Louis IX Please Stand? -- 2. Hugh the Butcher: Lineage, Election, and Succession in the Chanson de Hugues Capet -- 3. Crusading Ideal in Guillaume de Machaut's Prise d'Alixandre -- 4. Herald Chandos's Vie du Prince Noir: A prince tree chretien -- 5. Reinventing Kingship: Christine de Pizan's Livre des fais et bonnes meurs du sageroy Charles V -- Appendix. Genealogical Table -- The Last Capetians, the First Valois, and Claimants to the French Throne.

Delogu examines how biographical writings on kings contributed to nascent ideas of nationhood, exerted pressure upon traditional ideals of kingship, and ultimately redefined the theoretical and practical bases of medieval kingship.

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