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

• Chart 1: The Merovingian Royal House I : the family of Clovis -- Chart 2: The Merovingian Royal House II : the family of Chlothar I -- Widowhood -- Holiness, femininity, and authority -- Scandal in Poitiers -- Brides and social status -- Merovingian marital practice -- Brunhild and Fredegund, I : moral opposites or kindred spirits? -- Brunhild and Fredegund, II : queens, politics, and the writing of history.

• "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"--Provided by publisher. 

Ämnesord

Merovinger  (sao)

Eliter  (sao)

Kvinnor  (sao)

Historiografi  (sao)

Historia  (sao)

Merovingians  -- Historiography. (LCSH)

Merovingians  -- Politics and government -- Historiography. (LCSH)

Women  -- Gaul -- Historiography. (LCSH)

Elite (Social sciences)  -- Gaul -- Historiography. (LCSH)

Merovingians  -- Biography. (LCSH)

Women  -- Gaul -- Biography. (LCSH)

Änkor  (kao)

Social ställning  (kao)

Drottningar  (kao)

Widows  (kao//eng)

Social status  (kao//eng)

Queens  (kao//eng)

Merovinger  (kao)

Merovingians  (kao//eng)

Frankerna  -- eliter -- släktskap -- makt -- 500-talet -- 600-talet -- 700-talet (kao)

Äktenskap  -- konkubiner (kao)

Franks  -- elites -- kinship -- power -- 6th century -- 7th century -- 8th century (kao//eng)

Marriage  -- concubines (kao//eng)

Historiography  (LCSH)

Elite (Social sciences)  (LCSH)

History  (LCSH)

Merovingians  (LCSH)

Women  (LCSH)

Frankrike  (sao)

Gaul  -- Historiography. (LCSH)

France  -- History -- To 987 -- Historiography. (LCSH)

500-talet  (sao)

Personnamn

Gregory, Bishop of Tours, Saint, 538-594 -- Criticism and interpretation.

Gregorius av Tours, helgon, ca 538-ca 594

Brunhild, drottning av Reims (Austrasien), d. 613

Fredegund, drottning av Soissons, 545-597

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Kj.2 Historia: Frankrike: före 987

K:kj.2 Historieforskningens historia: Frankrike: före 987

Cjz Kyrkohistoria: särskilda personer

Klassifikation

DC69.8.G7 (LCC)

D (ämneskategori)

944.01309252 (DDC)

Kj.2 (kssb/8)

K:kj.2 (kssb/8)

Cjz Gregorius av Tours, helgon (kssb/8)