01:510:337 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sainte-Chapelle, Oriflamme, Royal Touch
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Note for commentary: church is an institution can be religious and have bad. Louis ix (1126-1270) and the capetian dynasty of france. Capetian dynasty 987-1328: basic strengths & ideology. Military buildup of france under his grandfather philip ii (1180-1223: already put louis ix in a position of strength. Brief reign of father louis viii (1223-1226) and regency of blanche. Louis"s iv"s reign (cid:883)(cid:884)(cid:884)6-1270: minority under blanche, to 1234, piety: sainte chapelle, two (failed) crusades, ruling policies: with foreign powers, barons and clergy, subjects, learning. Basic strengths: family cohesion: unbroken line of sons and little infighting for control with the papacy, using carolingian legacy: marriage to carolingian women, identifying there is a disputed claim to thrown (matilda, stephen, Remember: pope has the power to intervene when with charlemagne as an ancestor publically (song of roland 12th etc (cid:524) but if there is a son then kign doesn"t entangle century and charlemagne as a (cid:498)french(cid:499) king/hero(cid:524)