List of illustrations page . . IX
List of genealogical tables . . XIV
Acknowledgements . . XV
List of abbreviations . . XVII

Introduction . . 1
1 From god-king to sacral kingship . . 19
2 Martyr kings and blessed queens of the Early Middle Ages . . 62
3 Rex iustus: the saintly institutor of Christian kingship . . 114
4 The chaste prince and the athleta patriae . . 155
5 Saintly princesses and their 'heavenly courts' . . 195
6 The cult of dynastic saints as propaganda: the Angevin-Luxemburg synthesis . . 295
Conclusion . . 395

Appendices . . 412
Bibliography . . 445
Index . . 481