The sanctity of Louis IX : early lives of Saint Louis by Geoffrey of Beaulieu and William of Chartres /
"Louis IX of France reigned as king from 1226 to 1270 and was widely considered an exemplary Christian ruler, renowned for his piety, justice, and charity toward the poor. After his death on crusade, he was proclaimed a saint in 1297, and today Saint Louis is regarded as one of the central figu...
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2014.
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Table of Contents:
- Three early letters on the sanctity of Louis IX
- Geoffrey of Beaulieu's Life and comportment of Louis, former King of the Franks, of pious memory
- William of Chartres' On the life and deeds of Louis, king of the Franks of famous memory, and on the miracles which declare his sanctity
- Boniface VIII's bull Gloria laus.
