The biblical king solomon in representations of western european medieval royalty ∗
Laura Fábián
This chapter examines the way in which King Solomon was employed as royal exempla medieval west between ninth and fourteenth centuries. It focuses on early instances of so-called ‘new Solomons’, particularly among Carolingian Byzantine rulers. The analysis a thirteenth-century group kings: Saint Louis IX France, Henry III England Alfonso X Wise Castile. considers quintessentially Solomonic king, fourteenth-century French ruler Charles V contrast with one his near contemporaries, English Richard II. highlighted aspects ideal varied through ages intermittently associated peace, justice, wealth, wisdom and, not without potentially negative connotations, involvement magical practices. parallel case Louis’s successor, well. contemporary, England, showed greater personal predilection for figure Solomon.
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