Sean Heath, "Sacral Kingship in Bourbon France: The Cult of Saint Louis, 1589 - 1830"
English | ISBN: 1350173193 | 2021 | 296 pages | PDF | 33 MB
Historians of the ancien régime have long been interested in the relationship between religion and politics, and yet many issues remain contentious, including the question of sacral monarchy. Scholars are divided over how - and, indeed, if - it actually operated. With its nuanced analysis of the cult of Saint Louis, covering a vast swathe of French history from the Wars of Religion through the zenith of absolute monarchy under Louis XIV to the French Revolution and Restoration,