Medievalists.net » King Louis IX of France http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Magna Carta Conference Offers New Insights Into The 800-year-old Document http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/22/magna-carta-conference-offers-new-insights-into-the-800-year-old-document/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/22/magna-carta-conference-offers-new-insights-into-the-800-year-old-document/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2015 17:32:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59130 Magna Carta just celebrated its 800th birthday this past Monday. In honour of this incredible milestone, King’s College London, and the Magna Carta Project, hosted a 3 day conference dedicated to this historic document.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/22/magna-carta-conference-offers-new-insights-into-the-800-year-old-document/feed/ 0 The Heraldic Casket of Saint Louis in the Louvre http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/18/heraldic-casket-saint-louis-louvre/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/18/heraldic-casket-saint-louis-louvre/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2014 00:28:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54225 The Casket of Saint Louis invokes political and social networks and events relating to the Capetian dynasty in the years before Louis IX reached his majority.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/18/heraldic-casket-saint-louis-louvre/feed/ 0 Places to See: Notre Dame – Part I http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/17/places-see-notre-dame-part/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/17/places-see-notre-dame-part/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:38:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54183 Part I of my initial visit to stunning Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/17/places-see-notre-dame-part/feed/ 0 The Bible of St. Louis: An Introduction http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/03/bible-st-louis-introduction/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/03/bible-st-louis-introduction/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2014 04:41:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53891 Few works in the history of books are as hermetic as the Bible of Saint Louis in some specific aspects.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/30/crusading-knightly-deed/feed/ 0 The Cult of Saint Louis and Capetian Interests in the Hours of Jeanne d’Evreux http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/10/the-cult-of-saint-louis-and-capetian-interests-in-the-hours-of-jeanne-devreux/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/10/the-cult-of-saint-louis-and-capetian-interests-in-the-hours-of-jeanne-devreux/#comments Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:15:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39734 Throughout the Middle Ages the Capetians labeled themselves as the ‘Most Christian of Kings,’ and to have a saint in the family legitimated their claim.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/10/the-cult-of-saint-louis-and-capetian-interests-in-the-hours-of-jeanne-devreux/feed/ 0 Two Chroniclers of Louis IX http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/12/two-chroniclers-of-louis-ix/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/12/two-chroniclers-of-louis-ix/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:26:15 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35615 By studying the approaches of two authors to the same historical event, we can learn something of their respective manners of comprehending the world and representing reality in literary form.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/15/the-meetings-of-the-kings-of-france-and-england-1066-1204/feed/ 0 The Demonology of William of Auvergne http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/15/the-demonology-of-william-of-auvergne/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/15/the-demonology-of-william-of-auvergne/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:50:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=27994 William believed that a demonic conspiracy existed to deceive humans into false worship, and his concerns led him to precisely define the capabilities of demons according to the latest scientific views of spirits, to characterize opinions with which he disagreed as demonic lies and to label their holders as demonic dupes.

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