Saint Louis IX: The Perfect Medieval King? In an age defined by war, cruelty, and dynastic ambition, one king earned a reputation so extraordinary that he was later declared a saint. Louis IX of France, better known as Saint Louis, ruled 13th-...

St. Louis: Perfect Medieval King?
Canonized saint, crusader, and Sainte-Chapelle builder. Ideal monarch or romanticized legend?

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Ten Medieval Kings Who Died While Hunting - Medievalists.net Hunting was more than a pastime for medieval kings—it was a dangerous display of power, skill, and status. Yet for some rulers, the…

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“Heir to his Name and Blood”: The Valdemarian Kings of Denmark and the Slavs, 1168–1241 This article examines the relations between the Valdemarian rulers of Denmark and their Slavic allies and subjects around the Baltic. The article examines John H. Lind’s work on the marriage alliances...

The first article in Mirator 25:1 is by Lars Kjær.

He argues that in the 12th and 13th centuries, the Danish kings' connections to the Slavic rulers around the Baltic Sea were closer than traditionally assumed.

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