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The Writings of Agnes of Harcourt: The "Life of Isabelle of France" and the "Letter" on Louis IX and Longchamp (Notre Dame Texts in Medieval Culture)
 
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The Writings of Agnes of Harcourt: The "Life of Isabelle of France" and the "Letter" on Louis IX and Longchamp (Notre Dame Texts in Medieval Culture) (Hardcover)

by Agnes of Harcourt (Author), Sean L. Field (Editor, Translator)
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  • Hardcover: 106 pages
  • Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press (30 Sep 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0268044031
  • ISBN-13: 978-0268044039
  • Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.6 x 1.4 cm
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"Sean Field's book makes an original contribution. It is clearly written and readily accessible. The scholarship is outstanding in every respect. Field has complete mastery of the secondary and relevant primary sources."

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Agnes of Harcourt is an important though little-known 13th-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' first-hand observations and contained many lively stories about their royal subjects. Agnes' 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 research into the surviving archives of Longchamp, this text presents an English translation of her texts and a 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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