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Abstract
This article examines the material and ideological meaning of the three relics of the True Cross acquired by Louis IX in 1241 and 1242, which were venerated, along with the Crown of Thorns, in the Sainte-Chapelle, as part of the broader project of building Capetian sacral kingship in the High Middle Ages. Although cross relics flooded Western Christendom after 1204, these three relics, acquired directly from the Byzantine emperor, were specifically associated with Constantine and Heraclius and their historic military victories against enemies of Christian empire. The article identifies one of the three relics, known to contemporaries as the crux triumphalis in Latin and the croix de victoire in French, which Byzantine emperors were said to have carried into battle, as a relic that Louis IX then brought with him on his crusade of 1249–50 to Egypt, in hopes of martialing its historic power against the infidel in battle.
本文考察了路易九世于1241年和1242年获得的三件真十字架遗物的物质和思想意义，这三件遗物与荆棘王冠一起被供奉在圣礼拜堂，作为在中世纪盛期建立卡佩王朝的更广泛项目的一部分。虽然十字架遗迹在1204年之后充斥着西方基督教世界，但这三件直接从拜占庭皇帝那里获得的遗迹，与君士坦丁和希拉克略以及他们对基督教帝国敌人的历史性军事胜利特别相关。这篇文章指出，这三件圣物中的一件是路易九世在1249年至1250年的十字军东征中随身携带的圣物，当时的拜占庭皇帝称其为“凯旋之钥”(crux triumph)和“胜利之十字”(croix de victoire)，希望在战斗中运用其历史力量对抗异教徒。
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French Historical Studies, the leading journal on the history of France, publishes articles, commentaries, and research notes on all periods of French history from the Middle Ages to the present. The journal’s diverse format includes forums, review essays, special issues, and articles in French, as well as bilingual abstracts of the articles in each issue. Also featured are bibliographies of recent articles, dissertations and books in French history, and announcements of fellowships, prizes, and conferences of interest to French historians.
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