Queens, consorts, concubines : Gregory of Tours and women of the Merovingian elite

1. Verfasser: Dailey, E. T.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2015.
Umfang/Format: XIV-202 p. : ill ; 25 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum 381
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: France
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.