The Sainte-Chapelle and the Construction of Sacral Monarchy

The Sainte-Chapelle and the Construction of Sacral Monarchy

Author: Meredith Cohen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1107025575

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This book offers a novel perspective on one of the most important monuments of French Gothic architecture, the Sainte-Chapelle, constructed in Paris by King Louis IX of France between 1239 and 1248 especially to hold and to celebrate Christ's Crown of Thorns. Meredith Cohen argues that the chapel's architecture, decoration, and use conveyed the notion of sacral kingship to its audience in Paris and in greater Europe, thereby implicitly elevating the French king to the level of suzerain, and establishing an early visual precedent for the political theories of royal sovereignty and French absolutism. By setting the chapel within its broader urban and royal contexts, this book offers new insight into royal representation and the rise of Paris as a political and cultural capital in the thirteenth century.


The Knowledge of the Holy

The Knowledge of the Holy

Author: Aiden Wilson Tozer

Publisher: James Clarke & Co.

Published: 1965

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9780227676660

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A leading American evangelical argues that our understanding of God's nature has become debased, and that modern Christianity needs to rediscover its concept of the holy and its sense of religious awe. Aimed at the general reader.


Baxter's Explore the Book

Baxter's Explore the Book

Author: J. Sidlow Baxter

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2010-09-21

Total Pages: 1846

ISBN-13: 0310871395

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Explore the Book is not a commentary with verse-by-verse annotations. Neither is it just a series of analyses and outlines. Rather, it is a complete Bible survey course. No one can finish this series of studies and remain unchanged. The reader will receive lifelong benefit and be enriched by these practical and understandable studies. Exposition, commentary, and practical application of the meaning and message of the Bible will be found throughout this giant volume. Bible students without any background in Bible study will find this book of immense help as will those who have spent much time studying the Scriptures, including pastors and teachers. Explore the Book is the result and culmination of a lifetime of dedicated Bible study and exposition on the part of Dr. Baxter. It shows throughout a deep awareness and appreciation of the grand themes of the gospel, as found from the opening book of the Bible through Revelation.


Ezekiel

Ezekiel

Author: David Guzik

Publisher:

Published: 2021-04-23

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9781939466679

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Verse-by-Verse Commentary on Ezekiel The Prophet in Exile Ezekiel's ministry as a prophet began when the Kingdom of Judah was ready to be conquered by a mighty empire. Eventually he was among the Jewish exiles carried away to Babylon, living far from the Promised Land. God spoke powerfully through Ezekiel, words of truth, challenge, and encouragement - and those words of God speak today, to all who will listen. David Guzik is widely known for his popular online, verse by verse commentary on the entire Bible, used by many thousands of pastors, teachers, and everyday Christians worldwide. More information at enduringword.com