03568nam 2200697 450 99623724280331620170919212653.090-04-29466-X10.1163/9789004294660(CKB)3710000000393333(EBL)2036952(SSID)ssj0001482690(PQKBManifestationID)11842024(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001482690(PQKBWorkID)11422394(PQKB)11311321(MiAaPQ)EBC2036952(OCoLC)907925174(OCoLC)908192418(OCoLC)908514440(nllekb)BRILL9789004294660(PPN)229008275(EXLCZ)99371000000039333320150515h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrQueens, consorts, concubines Gregory of Tours and women of the Merovingian elite /by E.T. DaileyLeiden, The Netherlands :Koninklijke Brill,2015.©20151 online resource (216 p.)Mnemosyne, Supplements, Late Antique Literature,2214-5621 ;Volume 381Description based upon print version of record.90-04-29089-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Widowhood -- 2 Holiness, Femininity, and Authority -- 3 Scandal in Poitiers -- 4 Brides and Social Status -- 5 Merovingian Marital Practice -- 6 Brunhild and Fredegund, i: Moral Opposites or Kindred Spirits? -- 7 Brunhild and Fredegund, ii: Queens, Politics, and the Writing of History -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 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.Mnemosyne, Supplements381.MerovingiansHistoriographyMerovingiansPolitics and governmentHistoriographyWomenGaulHistoriographyElite (Social sciences)GaulHistoriographyMerovingiansBiographyWomenGaulBiographyGaulHistoriographyFranceHistoryTo 987HistoriographyMerovingiansHistoriography.MerovingiansPolitics and governmentHistoriography.WomenHistoriography.Elite (Social sciences)Historiography.MerovingiansWomen944/.01309252 Dailey E. T(Erin T.),1021326MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996237242803316Queens, consorts, concubines2420812UNISA