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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Dailey, Erin T.
Titre(s) : Queens, consorts, concubines [Texte imprimé] : Gregory of Tours and women of the Merovingian elite / by E.T. Dailey
Publication : Leiden ; Boston : Brill, cop. 2015
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIV-202 p.) : facsimiles ; 25 cm
Collection : Mnemosyne supplements. Late antique literature, ISSN 2214-5621
Lien à la collection : Mnemosyne, supplements, late antique literature
Mnemosyne. Supplementum
Comprend : 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.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-198) and index
"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
Numérotation dans la collection principale : 381
Sujet(s) : Grégoire de Tours (0538-0594 ; saint) -- Critique et interprétation
Femmes -- France -- 3e-8e siècles
Élite (sciences sociales) -- France -- 3e-8e siècles
Royaume des Francs -- 476-687 (Mérovingiens)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9789004290891 (hardback) (acid-free paper). - ISBN 9004290893 (hardback) (acid-free
paper). - ISBN 9789004294660 (erroné) (e-book)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44368042n
Notice n° :
FRBNF44368042
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