This article examines an account of Henri IV’s entry ceremony into Limoges in 1605 that was written by Simon Descoustures, a local official and avocat du roi. I argue that this account opens up theoretical terrain on which to rethink narratives of royal power in early modern France. Henri IV’s royal entries have previously been understood as part of a broader effort to shore up his authority in the wake of the religious wars. In Descoustures’s text, however, while the people of Limoges welcome Henri IV into their city, they do so on their own terms, extending the spatial and temporal framework through which their encounter with the king takes place. By attending to the materiality of Limoges’s ancient origins and its enduring civic pride, I demonstrate how the city incorporates Henri IV into its civic body, rather than allowing itself fully to be subsumed into the king’s body politic.

本文考察了 1605 年亨利四世进入利摩日举行的入驻仪式的记述，该记述由当地官员兼代理人 du roi Simon Descoustures 撰写。我认为，这种说法开辟了重新思考近代早期法国王权叙事的理论领域。亨利四世的皇室成员此前被理解为在宗教战争之后为巩固他的权威而进行的更广泛努力的一部分。然而，在 Descoustures 的文本中，虽然利摩日人民欢迎亨利四世进入他们的城市，但他们是按照自己的方式这样做的，从而扩展了他们与国王相遇的时空框架。通过关注利摩日古老起源的重要性及其持久的公民自豪感，我展示了这座城市如何将亨利四世融入其公民身体，而不是让自己完全融入国王的政治体。