Theorizing the Ideal Sovereign : The Rise of the French Vernacular Royal Biography.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Models of Sanctity and Kingship in Joinville's Vie de saint Louis: Will the Real Louis IX Please Stand? -- 2 Hugh the Butcher: Lineage, Election, and Succession in the Chanson de Hugues Capet -- 3 The Crusading Ideal in Guillaume de Machaut's Prise d'Alixandre -- 4 The Herald Chandos's Vie du Prince Noir: A prince très chrétien -- 5 Reinventing Kingship: Christine de Pizan's Livre des fais et bonnes meurs du sage roy Charles V -- Notes -- Appendix: Genealogical Table - The Last Capetians, the First Valois, and Claimants to the French Throne -- Works Consulted -- Index of Subjects -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Index of Places and Proper Names -- A -- B -- C -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

Delogu examines how biographical writings on kings contributed to nascent ideas of nationhood, exerted pressure upon traditional ideals of kingship, and ultimately redefined the theoretical and practical bases of medieval kingship.

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