Queens, Consorts, Concubines


E. T. Dailey
Bok Engelsk 2015 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Leiden : : BRILL, , 2015.
Omfang
1 online resource (216 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chart 1: The Merovingian Royal House I: The Family of Clovis; Chart 2: The Merovingian Royal House II: The Family of Chlothar I; Introduction; Chapter 1 Widowhood; Chapter 2 Holiness, Femininity, and Authority; Chapter 3 Scandal in Poitiers; Chapter 4 Brides and Social Status; Chapter 7 Brunhild and Fredegund, II: Queens, Politics, and the Writing of History; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. - Queens, Consorts, Concubines offers an analysis of Gregory of Tours on issues including widowhood, marriage, sanctity, and political agency, offering a reinterpretation of elite women in Gaul (e.g. Brunhild, Fredegund, Radegund), related subjects (e.g. Merovingian marital policy), and Late Antiquity generally.
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ISBN
9789004290891

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