The Sanctity of Louis IX: Early Lives of Saint Louis by Geoffrey of Beaulieu and William of Chartres by Larry F. Field

2015 ◽  
Vol 101 (3) ◽  
pp. 627-628
Author(s):  
Michael Lower
Keyword(s):  
Saint Louis ◽  
Louis Ix

Saint Louis' Involvement with the Friars

1964 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lester K. Little
Keyword(s):  
Saint Louis ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Mendicant Orders ◽  
As If ◽  
Louis Ix

The literature popular among students at Paris in the 1260's included a series of poems lamenting the ascendant role in society of the new mendicant orders. The Dominicans are so shrewd, said one of these poems, that they control both Paris and Rome, they are both king and apostle. The blame for this state of affairs was being placed squarely on Louis IX. The king favors the mendicants, read a second poem, yet ill-treatrs his knights, as if the friars could do anything useful for the defense of his kingdom.

The Protest of Saint Louis

Traditio ◽  
1959 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 405-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerard J. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Thirteenth Century ◽  
Saint Louis ◽  
The Church ◽  
Louis Ix

The figure of Louis IX of France is frequently surrounded by an aura of the unreal. Since he has been honored by the Church and succeeding generations as St. Louis, the tendency has often been to place him on a pedestal and to make of him a plaster statue rather than the vigorous king who ruled France for 44 eventful years in the midst of the thirteenth century. Above all, it is often imagined that a saint-king would surely be something of a pawn in the hands of the clerics, and especially the papacy.

Philip the Fair, the Dominicans, and the liturgical Office for Louis IX: new perspectives on Ludovicus Decus Regnantium

2004 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. CECILIA GAPOSCHKIN
Keyword(s):  
Saint Louis ◽  
Royal Court ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
King Of France ◽  
Louis Ix

This article traces the early reception of Ludovicus Decus Regnantium, the most common Proper Office for Saint Louis, King of France, canonized in 1297. It is generally considered a Dominican Office thought to have been produced on commission by the Dominican, Arnaud DuPrat, after his Order instituted Louis’ feast day. A number of factors confuse this attribution, including the existence of an earlier, rare Office for Louis, Nunc Laudare. A close examination of the extant evidence for the attribution and early reception of the Office leads to the conclusion that the Office was not celebrated by most, or even many, of the Dominican convents in France. It can thus be better understood in its Parisian and royal milieu within the context of the close relationship between the royal court of Philip the Fair (r. 1285–1314) and the Dominican convent of the Rue St-Jacques in Paris.

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