Prologue : the rise of Capetian sanctity and the reign of Louis IX -- Isabelle of France : a holy woman at the heart of the Capetian court -- Douceline of Digne : co-mother to Capetians -- Prologue : a crisis in the reign of Philip III -- Elizabeth of Spalbeek : a prince's death, a queen's crime, and a king's sin -- Writing holy women, 1282-85 -- Prologue : the culminating reign of Philip IV -- Paupertas of Metz : peacemaker, prophet, or poisoner? -- Marguerite Porete and Margueronne Bellevillette : the beguine and the sorceress -- Epilogue : echoes and afterlives.
Summary:
"Courting Sanctity argues that during the reign of Louis IX (r. 1226-70) holy women were central to the rise of the French royal family's self-presentation as uniquely favored by God, that their influence began to be questioned at the court of Philip III (r. 1270-85), and that would-be holy women were increasingly assumed to pose physical, spiritual, and political threats by the death of Philip IV (r. 1285-1314)"-- Provided by publisher.
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