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Author Dailey, E. T. (Erin T.), author.

Title Radegund : the trials and triumphs of a Merovingian queen / E. T. Dailey
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 213 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Women in antiquity
Women in antiquity.
Contents And the lots were cast -- A temple consumed by fire -- What can man do unto me? -- They will be as bears and wolves -- The Lord knows His own -- Veil of veils, holy of holies -- Like Eve driven from Paradise -- Amen
Summary "Radegund: The Trials and Triumphs of a Merovingian Queen is a biography of a sixth-century princess, war captive, queen, deaconess, nun, and saint. This book examines her life, times, and legacy, illuminating the society in which she lived and narrating her personal history in an accessible way, appealing to a general audience, yet without compromising its merit as a work of scholarship that offers important new insights for experts in the field. Radegund succeeded in establishing a place for herself within this difficult and dangerous world, despite the trials she faced, which distinguishes her as a figure worthy of detailed biographical study. Unique among her peers, Radegund achieved a position of prominence as a woman in a foreign land, without resorting to the violence, intrigue, and murder that characterised the lives of other prominent women during this period, like Brunhild or Fredegund. Departing from the portrait of an idealised saint offered by her early medieval hagiographers, and from the traditional narrative established in more recent academic works, this book presents a new interpretation of this remarkable woman with many insights about the history of a crucial period in the transition from Roman to medieval epochs"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 24, 2023)
Subject Radegunda, Queen, consort of Clotaire I, King of the Franks, -587.
SUBJECT Radegunda, Queen, consort of Clotaire I, King of the Franks, -587 fast
Subject Abbaye Sainte-Croix de Poitiers.
SUBJECT Abbaye Sainte-Croix de Poitiers fast
Subject Christian women saints -- Gaul -- Biography
Women ascetics -- Gaul -- Biography
Franks -- Queens -- Biography
Merovingians -- Queens -- Biography
Christian women saints
Women ascetics
Biography & non-fiction prose.
Biography.
SUBJECT France -- History -- To 987. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051257
Subject Europe -- Gaul
France
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2023007351
ISBN 0197656110
9780197656129
0197656129
9780197656136
0197656137
9780197656112