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.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-292) and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 321/.60940902
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- e------
- ISBN
- 9781442689381 9780802098078
- LCCN
- DC36.6
- LCCN Item number
- D45 2008eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (viii, 300 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00224401 (OCoLC)647921244 (CaOOCEL)430867
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Acknowledgments 8
- Introduction 12
- 1 Models of Sanctity and Kingship in Joinville’s Vie de saint Louis: Will the Real Louis IX Please Stand? 31
- 2 Hugh the Butcher: Lineage, Election, and Succession in the Chanson de Hugues Capet 67
- 3 The Crusading Ideal in Guillaume de Machaut’s Prise d’Alixandre 101
- 4 The Herald Chandos’s Vie du Prince Noir: A prince très chrétien 133
- 5 Reinventing Kingship: Christine de Pizan’s Livre des fais et bonnes meurs du sage roy Charles V 162
- Notes 194
- Appendix: Genealogical Table – The Last Capetians, the First Valois, and Claimants to the French Throne 268
- Works Consulted 270
- Index of Subjects 302
- A 302
- B 302
- C 302
- D 303
- E 303
- F 303
- G 303
- H 303
- I 303
- J 303
- L 303
- M 303
- N 304
- O 304
- P 304
- R 304
- S 304
- T 304
- U 304
- V 304
- W 305
- Index of Places and Proper Names 306
- A 306
- B 306
- C 306
- E 307
- F 307
- G 307
- H 307
- I 308
- J 308
- L 308
- M 308
- N 308
- P 308
- R 309
- S 309
- T 309
- U 309
- V 309
- W 309
