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.
- ISBN10 0300219261
- ISBN13 9780300219265
- Publish Date 16 November 2016
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Yale University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 456
- Language English