The King and the Crown of Thorns: Kingship and the Cult of Relics in Capetian France by Jerzy Pysiak
The King and the Crown of Thorns: Kingship and the Cult of Relics in Capetian France

Jerzy Pysiak

The King and the Crown of Thorns: Kingship and the Cult of Relics in Capetian France

Jerzy Pysiak with Sylwia Twardo (Translator)

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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 Capeti...

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