Courting Sanctity

L. Field Sean

Description

The rise of the Capetian dynasty across the long thirteenth century, which rested in part on the family's perceived sanctity, is a story most often told through the actions of male figures, from Louis IX's metamorphosis into "Saint Louis" to Philip IV's attacks on Pope Boniface VIII. In Courting Sanctity, Sean L. Field argues that, in fact, holy women were central to the Capetian's self-presentation as being uniquely favored by God. Tracing the shifting relationship between holy women and the French royal court, he shows that the roles and influence of these women were questioned and reshaped under Philip III and increasingly assumed to pose physical, spiritual, and political threats by the time of Philip IV's death. Field's narrative highlights six holy women. The saintly reputations of Isabelle of France and Douceline of Digne helped to crystalize the Capetians' claims of divine favor by 1260. In the 1270s, the French court faced a crisis that centered on the testimony of Elizabeth of Spalbeek, a visionary holy woman from the Low Countries. After 1300, the arrests and interrogations of Paupertas of Metz, Margueronne of Bellevillette, and Marguerite Porete served to bolster Philip IV's crusades against the dangers supposedly threatening the kingdom of France. Courting Sanctity thus reassesses key turning points in the ascent of the "most Christian" Capetian court through examinations of the lives and images of the holy women that the court sanctified or defamed.

Sujets

• Histoire
• Christian Church
• Middle Ages
• History of Europe
• France

Informations

• Publié par: Cornell University Press
• Date de parution: 15 mai 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781501736209
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

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COURTïNG SANCTïTY

COURTïNG SANCTïTY

HOLY WOME N AND T HE CAPE T I ANS

S e a n L . F i e l d

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Names: Fîed, Sean . (Sean înscott), 970–author. Tîte: Courtîng sanctîty : hoy women and the Capetîans / Sean . Fîed. Descrîptîon: ïthaca : Corne Unîversîty Press, 209. | ïncudes bîbîographîca reerences and îndex. ïdentîIers: CCN 208042507 (prînt) | CCN 208044647 (ebook) | ïSBN 97850736209 (e-book pd ) | ïSBN 9785073626 (e-book epub/mobî) | ïSBN 9785073693 | ïSBN 9785073693 (coth ; ak. paper) Subjects: CSH: Upper cass women—Reîgîous îe—France—Hîstory—To 500. | Cathoîc women—France—Hîstory—To 500. | Church and state—France—Hîstory—To 500. | France—Kîngs and ruers—Reîgîous aspects. | France—Hîstory—Capetîans, 987-328. CassîIcatîon: CC HQ47.F7 (ebook) | CC HQ47. F7 .F54 209 (prînt) | DDC 944/.02409252—dc23 C record avaîabe at https://ccn.oc.gov/208042507

Cover îmage: Detaî romLe Lîvre des aîz monseîneur saînt Loys, Iteenth century. BnF ms. r. 2829 o. 64v. Bîbîo- thèque natîonae de France. Used by permîssîon.

For Tamara Myers Fîed

Co n t e n t s

Lîst o Maps îx Preace xî Lîst o Abbrevîatîons xîîî

 ïntroductîon  Part One: Creation 15  Proogue: The Rîse o Capetîan Sanctîty and the Reîgn o ouîs ïX 7  . ïsabee o France: A Hoy Woman at the Heart o the Capetîan Court 23  2. Douceîne o Dîgne: Co-mother to the Capetîans 54 Part Two: Interrogation 75  Proogue: A Crîsîs în the Reîgn o Phîîp ïïï 77  3. Eîzabeth o Spabeek: A Prînce’s Death, a Queen’s Crîme, and a Kîng’s Sîn 83  4. Wrîtîng Hoy Women, 282–85 7 Part Three: Destruction 145  Proogue: The Cumînatîng Reîgn o Phîîp ïV 47  5. Paupertas o Metz: Peacemaker, Prophet, or Poîsoner? 52  6. Marguerîte Porete and Margueronne o Beevîette: The Beguîne and the Sorceress 82

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CONTENTS

 Epîogue: Echoes and Aterîves

Bîbîoraphy 235 ïndex 259

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 . Thîrteenth-century France and the Îe-de-France  2. Western Europe în the thîrteenth century  3. The ow Countrîes în the 270s

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