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Author Dailey, E. T. (Erin T.)

Title Queens, consorts, concubines : Gregory of Tours and women of the Merovingian elite / by E.T. Dailey
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2015
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Series Mnemosyne supplements. Late antique literature, 2214-5621 ; volume 381
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; volume 381.
Contents Chart 1: The Merovingian Royal House I : the family of Clovis -- Chart 2: The Merovingian Royal House II : the family of Chlothar I -- Widowhood -- Holiness, femininity, and authority -- Scandal in Poitiers -- Brides and social status -- Merovingian marital practice -- Brunhild and Fredegund, I : moral opposites or kindred spirits? -- Brunhild and Fredegund, II : queens, politics, and the writing of history
Summary "Gregory of Tours hoped to inspire the believers in sixth-century Gaul with examples of righteous and wicked deeds and their consequences. Critiquing his own society, Gregory contrasted vengeful queens, rebellious nuns, and conniving witches with pious widows, humble abbesses, and tearful saints. By examining his thematic treatment of topics including widowhood, marriage, sanctity, authority, and political agency, Queens, Consorts, Concubines reassesses the material shaped by such concerns, including e.g. Gregory's accounts of Brunhild, Fredegund, Radegund, and other important elite women, Merovingian political policies (marital alliances, ecclesiastical intrigue, even assassinations), and seemingly unrelated topics such as Hermenegild's rebellion and the career of Empress Sophia. The result: a new interpretation of an important witness to the transformations of Late Antiquity"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Gregory, Bishop of Tours, Saint, 538-594 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Gregory, Bishop of Tours, Saint, 538-594. fast (OCoLC)fst00061732
Subject Merovingians -- Historiography
Merovingians -- Politics and government -- Historiography
Women -- Gaul -- Historiography
Elite (Social sciences) -- Gaul -- Historiography
Merovingians -- Biography
Women -- Gaul -- Biography
HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
Historiography.
Merovingians.
Women.
Women -- Historiography.
SUBJECT Gaul -- Historiography
France -- History -- To 987 -- Historiography
Subject Europe -- Gaul.
France.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004294660
900429466X