For today’s #ManuscriptMonday we sail to Egypt with a vivid scene of the disembarkation of Louis IX at Damietta, as imagined in a 16th-century illumination.
(BnF, Français 24948, f. 56v)
#medieval #middleages #manuscript #illumination #medievalart #crusades #louisIX #egypt
St. Louis: Perfect Medieval King?
Canonized saint, crusader, and Sainte-Chapelle builder. Ideal monarch or romanticized legend?
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DYK the Catholic church has a perverse history? In 1258, St. #LouisIX used CommonLaw of Orléans—Livres de justice et de plet—to increase punishment for #sodomy:
“Whoever is proved to be a sodomite ... a third time he shall be burned....& all their goods shall go to the king.”
DYK the Catholic church has a perverse history? In 1258, St. #LouisIX used CommonLaw of Orléans—Livres de justice et de plet—to increase punishment for #sodomy:
“Whoever is proved to be a sodomite ... a third time he shall be burned....& all their goods shall go to the king.”
flip.it/xueJWF Sainte-Chapelle in Paris took less than seven years to build, which is astonishing for something this ambitious. But what about the story behind the building? #paris #france #gothic #cathedral #traveltips #louisIX #gothic #stainedglass #flipboardusergroup #blueskytravellovers #blogger
DYK the Catholic church has a perverse history? In 1258, St. #LouisIX used CommonLaw of Orléans—Livres de justice et de plet—to increase punishment for #sodomy:
“Whoever is proved to be a sodomite ... a third time he shall be burned....& all their goods shall go to the king.”
🚨 THIS WEEK ON PATREON & APPLE 🚨 👑 From relic to royal icon.
@drfaithtibble.bsky.social unpacks how Louis IX made the crown of thorns a mediaeval must-have — barefoot, humble, and legendary.
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DYK the Catholic church has a perverse history? In 1258, Catholic Saint #LouisIX used Common Law of Orléans—Livres de justice et de plet—to increase punishment for #sodomy:
“Whoever is proved to be a sodomite ... a third time he shall be burned....& all their goods shall go to the king.”
#OnThisDay in 1269, #LouisIX imposed a fine of 10 livres (10 pounds of silver) on Jews found in public in #France without a badge: #ApartheidIsrael's imposed its own étoile jaune on West Bank #Palestinians
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DYK in 1258, Catholic Saint #LouisIX used #CommonLaw of Orléans—Livres de justice et de plet—to increase punishment for #sodomy:
“Whoever is proved to be a sodomite ... a third time he shall be burned....& all their goods shall go to the king.”
Intérieur de Notre-Dame de Paris
📅🌹 Une rose qui chamboule tout l'agenda du #roi ? Oui, oui, c'est ce qui est arrivé à #LouisIX, qui décide de retarder son départ en croisade pour admirer la #rosace enfin achevée à #NotreDame de #Paris ✨
On vous en dit plus par ici 👉 arti.ps/notredame 👈 avec les Éditions #JCLattès
“When I found myself among them, it seemed to me of a truth that I had been transported into another world."
🕯️ #OTD in #History 7 May 1253, the Flemish monk #WilliamOfRubruck set out on orders from the French King #LouisIX to convert the Mongols to Christianity.
🎂#Anniversaire Saint Louis, 811 ans, le Roi juste et sacré www.election-politique.com/election.php...
#Anniversaire #25Avril #April25 #25April #25deAbril #25Aprile #4月25日 #25أبريل #France #LouisIX #SaintLouis #politique #politics
On this day, 3 December 1259, King Henry III of England and King Louis IX of France agreed to the Treaty of Paris.
Read about it on my substack!
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#otd #onthisday #henryIII #louisix #englishhistory #frenchhistory #england #france
Il y a 798 ans, le 29 novembre 1226, Louis IX (saint Louis) fût sacré en la Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims.
#LouisIX #Reims #Histoire #France #SaintLouis
