Contents
List of illustrations page ix
List of genealogical tables XIV
Acknowledgements XV
List of abbreviations xvii
Introduction 1
1 From god-king to sacral kingship 19
2 Martyr kings and blessed queens of the Early Middle Ages 62
3 Rex iustus: the saintly institutor of Christian kingship 114
4 The chaste prince and the athleta patriae 155
5 Saintly princesses and their 'heavenly courts' 195
6 The cult of dynastic saints as propaganda: the Angevin-Luxemburg synthesis 295
Conclusion 395
Appendices 412
Bibliography 445
Index 481