Sainteté de cour, les Capétiens et leur saintes femmes. arts The results can combine the

The results can combine the advantages of the city with the life and intimacy of suburban life

une baisse du ton vital et le vaste ensemble à l’édification duquel nous travaillons sans relâche ni cesse

the fertile tension between poetry and rhetoric

This work brings together the notes taken by the author during thirteen stays on Mount Athos

Sainteté de cour, les Capétiens et leur saintes femmes. arts The results can combine theFrom the Battle of Bouvines in 1214 to the death of Philip the Fair a century later, Capetian power experienced an irresistible rise, supported by an ideology inspired by Christianity: the "most Christian" king of France was presented as the privileged beneficiary of divine favor, France as the Holy Land, and the French as the chosen people. From the crusades of the holy King Louis to the conflict with Pope Boniface VIII, the narrative of this period,