Faire le roi. L'autre corps de Louis XIII
- Submitting institution
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Goldsmiths' College
- Unit of assessment
- 27 - English Language and Literature
- Output identifier
- 2578
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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- Publisher
- Fayard
- ISBN
- 9782213709383
- Open access status
- -
- Month of publication
- March
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This 358-page book is the culmination of a life-long interest in spectacle and performance, which have here been brought to bear on the concept of the two bodies of King Louis XIII. It arises from six years of original and innovative research in the field, conducted in both France and England. This project, which makes an important contribution to the understanding of political performance and offers a model for its analysis in the modern day, was supported by the Centre de Recherche du Château de Versailles.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- Yes
- English abstract
- This monograph investigates the ways in which Louis XIII created a new way of perceiving the body of the King. It focuses on the various aspects of his public performance as a king, and explores how his private, public and imaginary bodies interrelated in rituals, ceremonies, court entertainments, daily life. It offers a novel perspective on the first Bourbon kings, shows that Louis XIII was responsible for many of the innovations currently credited to his son, and gives new insight into the construction of royal identity by focusing on the idea of performance rather than the narrower notion of image.