Saint-Louis, a king in the service of God

2023-07-21T14:31:10.673Z

Highlights: The image of Epinal represents him doing justice at the foot of an oak. King Louis IX (1214-1270), also known as Saint Louis, was a builder king, who also distinguished himself by the crusades he led. His reign helped to found the idea of the incarnation of political and spiritual power in a singular man and no longer only in a universal God. Virginie Girod plunges you into the thirteenth century, considered by historians to be the "century of Saint Louis"

The image of Epinal represents him doing justice at the foot of an oak. King Louis IX (1214-1270), also known as Saint Louis, was a builder king, who also distinguished himself by the crusades he led. A skilful and wise sovereign, Louis IX brought the kingdom of the Capetians to its peak. A pious leader, he appears as the model of the Christian king as represented by the men of the "beautiful Middle Ages". His reign helped to found the idea of the incarnation of political and spiritual power in a singular man and no longer only in a universal God. Virginie Girod plunges you into the thirteenth century, considered by historians to be the "century of Saint Louis".