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Queens, Consorts, Concubines: Gregory of Tours and Women of the Merovingian Elite

E. T. Dailey

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Description: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."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Queens, Consorts, Concubines: Gregory of Tours and Women of the Merovingian Elite. To get started finding Queens, Consorts, Concubines: Gregory of Tours and Women of the Merovingian Elite, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 217

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Brill

Release: 2015

ISBN: 900429466X

Description: 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."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Queens, Consorts, Concubines: Gregory of Tours and Women of the Merovingian Elite. To get started finding Queens, Consorts, Concubines: Gregory of Tours and Women of the Merovingian Elite, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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