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Writings Of Agnes Of Harcourt - The Life of Isabelle of France and the Letter on Louis IX and Longchamp (Paperback, New) Loot Price: R701
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Writings Of Agnes Of Harcourt - The Life of Isabelle of France and the Letter on Louis IX and Longchamp (Paperback, New)

Sean Field

Series: Notre Dame Texts in Medieval Culture

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AGNES OF HARCOURT IS AN IMPORTANT though little known thirteenth-century author. Born into a leading Norman noble family, she became an abbess at the new royal Franciscan abbey of Longchamp, founded just outside of Paris by Isabelle of France, sister of Louis IX. In the 1280s Agnes wrote a substantial biography of Isabelle of France, as well as a brief letter detailing Louis IX's involvement with the abbey. These texts were based on Agnes's first-hand observations and contained many lively stories about their royal subjects. Agnes's writings provide a fascinating window on religious life at the court of St. Louis and on the lives of some of the most interesting and powerful men and women of the day. More significantly, they preserve one of the very few female perspectives we have for this period, and, in The Life of Isabelle, offer what is probably the first biography of one woman by another in French. Based on new research into the surviving archives of Longchamp, The Writings of Agnes of Harcourt presents the first English translation of her texts, and the first substantial introduction to her life and work. This critical edition includes both the old French and English versions of the texts.

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Imprint: University of Notre Dame Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Notre Dame Texts in Medieval Culture
Release date: September 2003
First published: 2003
Editors: Sean Field
Dimensions: 220 x 150 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 120
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-268-04404-6
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General
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LSN: 0-268-04404-X
Barcode: 9780268044046

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