This shocked the crusader king of France, Louis IX, but it also gave him an opportunity ... he acquired the Crown of Thorns. So great was its power in medieval people's eyes, that through it ...
France's culture minister Franck ... such as the crown and tunic said to have been worn by King Louis IX when he brought the crown of thorns to Paris. BBC Europe correspondent Kevin Connolly ...
It was August 1239, and Louis IX, king of France, was about to receive a precious gift from the emperor in Constantinople: ...
In the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey is a carved shield with the coat of arms of St Louis (Louis IX), King of France (1214-1270). The shield shows "azure, a semee de lys or" although there is ...
Referring to the fan's mohawk haircut, one social media user wrote: "That guy has to be a time traveler! Way ahead of his ...
Jonathan Allen has good news for Australians regarding the crown-of-thorns sea star. The bad news is that the fecund and voracious destroyer of Indo-Pacific coral reefs has a previously unknown method ...
It was commissioned by King Louis IX of France to house his collection of Passion relics, including Christ’s Crown of Thorns ...
Field, Sean L. and Gaposchkin, M. Cecilia 2014. Questioning the Capetians, 1180–1328. History Compass, Vol. 12, Issue. 7, p. 567. Angold, Michael 2016. Mesarites as ...
Crown-of-thorns starfish populations are again flourishing along the Great Barrier Reef. Symon Dworjanyn is a professor of marine ecology at Southern Cross university. "Crown-of-thorns starfish ...
This shocked the crusader king of France, Louis IX, but it also gave him an opportunity ... he acquired the Crown of Thorns. So great was its power in medieval people's eyes, that through it ...