Book/Printed Material The king and the crown of thorns : kingship and the cult of relics in Capetian France

Title

• The king and the crown of thorns : kingship and the cult of relics in Capetian France

Summary

• "In 1239, king Louis IX of France performed the translation of the Crown of Thorns from Constantinople to Paris. The translation celebrations became a splendid religious festivity showing sacral foundations of Saint Louis's authority and the Capetian kingship. However, the translation of the Crown of Thorns to France had already a history under Louis's reign: French hagiographers and chroniclers affirmed that the first relics of the Crown of Thorns from Constantinople were transferred to Aachen by Charlemagne, then to Saint-Denis Abbey by Charles the Bald. The book discusses Saint Louis's translation of the Crown of Thorns as seen on the background of both Carolingian historical memory in Capetian era and Carolingian and Capetian tradition of the royal cult of relics." --Provided by publisher

Names

• Pysiak, Jerzy, author
• Twardo, Sylwia, translator,

Created / Published

• Berlin : Peter Lang, [2021]
• ©2021

Headings

• -  Jesus Christ--Relics
• -  Louis--IX,--King of France,--1214-1270
• -  Jesus Christ
• -  Crown of thorns
• -  Relics

Notes

• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-545) and indexes.
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 electronic resource (566 pages, 8 pages of plates )

Call Number/Physical Location

• BT587.C8

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2021759017

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2021759017

Rights Advisory

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode External

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

• image
• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2021759017

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