{"product_id":"courting-sanctity-9781501736193","title":"Courting Sanctity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eField''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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an elegantly written book, Field (Univ. of Vermont) takes readers through the complexities of politics and personal ambitions to better understand Philip IV's relationships with Boniface VIII, the Templars, and the Jews.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this engaging and thought-provoking study of the political and spiritual intersections between the thirteenth-century Capetian royal family and contemporary Flemish and French female mystics, seers, and ascetics, Sean L. Field solidifies his standing as one of the leading scholars of women and sanctity in medieval France. This work, like his earlier work, is an extraordinarily comprehensive and erudite work of scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e * AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCourting Sanctity\u003c\/i\u003e is compulsively readable, a tour de force in its integration of religious and political histories.\u003c\/p\u003e * SPECULUM *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCourting Sanctity \u003c\/i\u003ewill cement Sean Field's reputation as one of our leading contemporary authorities on the later Capetians. This is not only a thoroughly convincing study but a notable pleasure to read, being exceptionally well written. It combines meticulous source analysis with a lightness of prose that reminded me of Sir Steven Runciman at his best. \u003ci\u003eCourting Sanctit\u003c\/i\u003ey is, in short, that rarest of beasts: a good academic book.\u003c\/p\u003e * The Medieval Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCourting Sanctity\u003c\/i\u003e is a handsome volume with a beautifully edited text, as well as that rarest of pleasures for the reader—actual notes at the bottom of the page. It also boasts a splendid bibliography and a useful index. Once again, we benefit from Field's ability to conceptualize complicated historical events and to lay them for us out in lucid prose.\u003c\/p\u003e * Royal Studies Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Maps\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePreface\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart One: Creation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Prologue: The Rise of Capetian Sanctity and the Reign of Louis IX\u003cbr\u003e 1. Isabelle of France: A Holy Woman at the Heart of the Capetian Court\u003cbr\u003e 2. Douceline of Digne: Co-mother to the Capetians\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart Two: Interrogation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Prologue: A Crisis in the Reign of Philip III\u003cbr\u003e 3. Elizabeth of Spalbeek: A Prince's Death, a Queen's Crime, and a King's Sin\u003cbr\u003e 4. Writing Holy Women, 1282–85\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart Three: Destruction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Prologue: The Culminating Reign of Philip IV\u003cbr\u003e 5. Paupertas of Metz: Peacemaker, Prophet, or Poisoner?\u003cbr\u003e 6. Marguerite Porete and Margueronne of Bellevillette: The Beguine and the Sorceress\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Echoes and Afterlives\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBibliography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409336344919,"sku":"9781501736193","price":35.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501736193.jpg?v=1730506465","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/courting-sanctity-9781501736193","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}