Deux modèles de sainteté royale. Edouard le Confesseur et saint Louis

Abstract

Edward the Confessor and Saint Louis offer two different, even adverse, versions of the holy royalty. This difference stems from two periods — the eleventh and twelfth centuries on the one hand and thirteenth century and beginning of the fourteenth on the other. Between these two periods the ideal of royal sovereignty and power changed utterly. It is interesting to draw a parallel between these two representations of royal holiness to emphasize the features of this change. Saint Louis, due to his family historical and cultural origins, knew a great deal about the character of Edward the Confessor, the latter being one of his ancestors. However, he never had the intention of following his example. This distance, entered into willingly, shows that the King of France, in accordance with his time, inaugurated a new type of sainthood.

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