by Lindy Grant (Author)
This is the first modern scholarly biography of Blanche of Castile, whose identity has until now been subsumed in that of her son, the saintly Louis IX. A central figure in the politics of medieval Europe, Blanche was a sophisticated patron of religion and culture. Through Lindy Grant's engaging account, based on a close analysis of Blanche's household accounts and of the social and religious networks on which her power and agency depended, Blanche is revealed as a vibrant and intellectually questioning personality.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 456
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 06 Sep 2016
ISBN 10: 0300219261
ISBN 13: 9780300219265