Queens, consorts, concubines : Gregory of Tours and women of the Merovingian elite / / by E.T. Dailey

• Autore: Dailey E. T (Erin T.)
• Pubblicazione: Leiden, The Netherlands : , : Koninklijke Brill, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 p.)
• Disciplina: 944/.01309252
• Soggetto topico: Merovingians - Historiography; Merovingians - Politics and government - Historiography; Women - Gaul - Historiography; Elite (Social sciences) - Gaul - Historiography; Merovingians; Women - Gaul
• Soggetto geografico: Gaul Historiography; France History To 987 Historiography
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Queens, consorts, concubines
• ISBN: 90-04-29466-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996237242803316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Mnemosyne, Supplements ; 381.