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 ...

It was August 1239, and Louis IX, king of France, was about to receive a precious gift from the emperor in Constantinople: the Sacred Crown of Thorns, purported to have been worn by Christ at the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The cross represents SLU's Catholic identity. The crown and shield symbolize King St. Louis IX, namesake of the city and the University. The fluidity of the fleur-de-lis and the lines connecting to ...

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 ...

It was commissioned by King Louis IX of France to house his collection of Passion relics, including Christ’s Crown of Thorns – one of the most important relics in medieval Christendom. Although it was ...

and no Catholic ruler was more dedicated to this undertaking than King Louis IX of France. His military expeditions against Islam are well... At the height of the Middle Ages, a peculiar system of ...

Expansion and Crisis in Louis XIV's France' examines these central yet understudied aspects of the age of the Sun King through the experience of Franche-Comté, a possession of the Spanish empire with ...

Maas’ steamy romantasy series, A Court of Thorns and Roses, which has taken the internet (specifically BookTok) and the fantasy genre by storm. First published in 2015, the first book in Maas ...

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 ...