Agnès Sorel (1428–1450), beautiful favourite of Charles VII of France and first in the long genealogy of French royal mistresses, was mysteriously poisoned in the prime of life. Agnès, part of a network of royal “favourites,” is equally interesting for her political activity. And yet, no scholarly study in English of her exists. This study brings her story to an English-speaking audience, examining her in her historical context, that is, the factional struggle for power waged against Charles VII by the dauphin Louis and the king’s final routing of the English. It then traces Agnès’s afterlife, exploring her roles as founding mother of the tradition of the French royal mistress and foil for the less popular holders of the “office”; as erotic fantasy figure for nineteenth-century historians “re-inventing” the Middle Ages; and, most recently, as poignant victim for fans of the true crime genre.
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Bibliographische Angaben
Auflage
1/2022
Copyrightjahr
2022
ISBN-Print
978-1-64189-352-7
ISBN-Online
978-1-80270-030-5
Verlag
Arc Humanities Press, Yorkshire
Reihe
Gender and Power in the Premodern World
Sprache
Englisch
Seiten
164
Produkttyp
Monographie
Inhaltsverzeichnis
KapitelSeiten
Contents Kein Zugriff
List of Illustrations Kein Zugriff
Acknowledgements Kein Zugriff
Introduction: Why a New Study of Agnès Sorel? Kein Zugriff Seiten 1 - 6
Chapter One. Who Was Agnès Sorel? Kein Zugriff
Chapter Two. The Primary Sources Kein Zugriff
Chapter Three. The First Royal Mistress in Historical Context Kein Zugriff
Chapter Four. Communicative Memory Kein Zugriff
Chapter Five. Cultural Memory: Agnès as Celebrity Kein Zugriff
Chapter Six. Agnès la Gallante Kein Zugriff
Chapter Seven. History, Gallantry, and National Identity Kein Zugriff
Conclusion. Agnès Sorel, Modern Celebrity Kein Zugriff Seiten 129 - 136
Bibliography Kein Zugriff Seiten 137 - 152
Index Kein Zugriff Seiten 153 - 156
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