The King and the Crown of Thorns
Jerzy Pysiak
Gebundenes Buch

The King and the Crown of Thorns

Kingship and the Cult of Relics in Capetian France

Übersetzung: Twardo, Sylwia
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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 Capetian kingship. However, the translation of the Crown of Thorns to France had already a history under Louis's reign: French hagiographers and chroniclers affirmed that the first relics of the Crown of Thorns from Constantinople were transferred to Aachen by Charlemagne, then to Saint-Denis Abbey by Charles the Bald. The book discusses Saint Louis's trans...