[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":25},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p5ch9z22:en":3},{"period":4,"chapter":15,"zoom":18},{"id":5,"title":6,"titleEn":6,"titleEs":7,"coverArtworkId":8,"range":9,"rangeEn":9,"rangeEs":9,"cover":10},"p5","High Middle Ages","Plena Edad Media","hannibal-alpes","987 → 1453",{"fileName":11,"filePageUrl":12,"imageUrl":13,"sourceLabel":14},"Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","/assets/p5-moyen-age-classique-cover.png","Wikimedia Commons",{"id":16,"title":17},"p5ch9","Louis IX (Saint Louis): Regency, Royal Justice and Crusades (1226–1270)",{"id":19,"title":20,"chapterId":16,"html":21,"hasEn":22,"isFallback":23,"seoDescription":24},"p5ch9z22","Royaumont, Maubuisson and Saint-Denis: Building Royal Sanctity","\u003Cp>Throughout his reign, Louis IX built and endowed religious establishments. These were not mere acts of piety — they were instruments of a policy of royal sanctification and dynastic memory.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>⛪ Royaumont (1228)\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>The \u003Cstrong>abbey of Royaumont\u003C/strong> was founded in \u003Cstrong>1228\u003C/strong>, during the regency, according to the wishes expressed by Louis VIII. Louis IX completed the building and maintained close relations with the monks, reportedly serving them himself. Royaumont became a place of retreat, prayer and dynastic burial.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>⛪ Maubuisson (1236)\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Founded by \u003Cstrong>Blanche of Castile\u003C/strong>, \u003Cstrong>Maubuisson\u003C/strong> was a Cistercian abbey. It served as a burial place for queens and members of the royal family, constituting a dynastic religious space in parallel to Saint-Denis.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>✝️ Saint-Denis: Heart of Capetian Memory\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Saint-Denis\u003C/strong>, the traditional royal necropolis, was the site where the bodies of the kings of France rested. Louis IX had magnificent royal tombs made — including those of his predecessors — establishing a visual and devotional continuity between the living king and the dynasty.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🌟 Building Sanctity: An Active Strategy\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>These constructions served a dual purpose:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>devotional\u003C/strong>: prayer, masses for the dead, intercession;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>political\u003C/strong>: materialising royal continuity and affirming Capetian identity through sacred space.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key Points to Remember\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>These abbeys were political as well as religious spaces: they embedded royal legitimacy in the sacred landscape.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>The construction of dynastic memory (through burials and commemorations) was a Capetian art form.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"Throughout his reign, Louis IX built and endowed religious establishments. These were not mere acts of piety — they were instruments of a policy of royal",1778543130426]