Le roi chevalier en France au XVIe siècle. Construction et vocation du modèle

This paper aims at demonstrating that the figure of the knight-king in the Early Modern period, in particular in the case of king Henry II of France, was based on a sense of vocation as a warrior. This calling was not only a matter of theological-political theory – the king, by divine election, beco...

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Main Author: Sylvène Edouard
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Laboratoire de Recherche Historique Rhône-Alpes (LARHRA UMR 5190) 2013-12-01
Series:Chrétiens et Sociétés
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/chretienssocietes/3466