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Agnes of Harcourt (c. 1240–c. 1291) was third abbess of Longchamp, the female Franciscan monastery founded west of Paris by Isabelle of France in 1260. She is the author of two French texts: the short Letter on Louis IX and Longchamp and the more substantial Life of Isabelle of France. She may also have played a part in the first French translation of Thomas of Celano’s Legend of Clare of Assisi, which was done at Longchamp between 1275 and 1280. Along with contemporaries such as Marguerite of Oingt, Felipa Porcelet, and Marguerite Porete, Agnes of Harcourt is one of the most important early authors of women’s vernacular religious literature in French.

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Agnes of Harcourt

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  • Sean L. Field

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Agnes of Harcourt (c. 1240–c. 1291) was third abbess of Longchamp, the female Franciscan monastery founded west of Paris by Isabelle of France in 1260. She is the author of two French texts: the short Letter on Louis IX and Longchamp and the more substantial Life of Isabelle of France. She may also have played a part in the first French translation of Thomas of Celano’s Legend of Clare of Assisi, which was done at Longchamp between 1275 and 1280. Along with contemporaries such as Marguerite of Oingt, Felipa Porcelet, and Marguerite Porete, Agnes of Harcourt is one of the most important early authors of women’s vernacular religious literature in French.