{"product_id":"the-writings-of-agnes-of-harcourt-the-life-of-isabelle-of-france-and-the-letter-on-louis-ix-and-longchamp-9780268044039","title":"The Writings of Agnes of Harcourt: The Life of Isabelle of France and the Letter on Louis IX and Longchamp","description":"\u003cp\u003eAgnes of Harcourt is an important though little known thirteenth-century author. Born into a leading Norman noble family, she became an abbess at the new royal Franciscan abbey of Longchamp, founded just outside of Paris by Isabelle of France, sister of Louis IX. In the 1280s Agnes wrote a substantial biography of Isabelle of France, as well as a brief letter detailing Louis IX's involvement with the abbey. These texts were based on Agnes's first-hand observations and contained many lively stories about their royal subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgnes's writings provide a fascinating window on religious life at the court of St. Louis and on the lives of some of the most interesting and powerful men and women of the day. More significantly, they preserve one of the very few female perspectives we have for this period, and, in The Life of Isabelle, offer what is probably the first biography of one woman by another in French.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on new research into the surviving archives of Longchamp, \u003cem\u003eThe Writing of Agnes of Harcourt\u003c\/em\u003e presents the first English translation of her texts, and the first substantial introduction to her life and work. This critical edition includes both the old French and English versions of the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sean Field\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Notre Dame Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.12h x 6.16w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780268044039\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSean L. Field is assistant professor of history at the University of Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43182358986867,"sku":"9.78027E+12","price":188.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_35dc1f17-6452-4098-9987-a7650b624491.jpg?v=1752148296","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-writings-of-agnes-of-harcourt-the-life-of-isabelle-of-france-and-the-letter-on-louis-ix-and-longchamp-9780268044039","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}