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Sainted women of the Dark Ages / edited and translated by Jo Ann McNamara and John E. Halborg with E. Gordon Whatley.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian women saints--France--Biography--Early works to 1800.
- Christian women saints.
- Catholic women--France--Biography--Early works to 1800.
- Catholic women.
- Women--France--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500--Sources.
- Women.
- Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500--Sources.
- Church history.
- Christian hagiography--History--To 1500.
- Christian hagiography.
- France--Church history--To 987--Sources.
- France.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (359 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 1992.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Sainted Women of the Dark Ages makes available the lives of eighteen Frankish women of the sixth and seventh centuries, all of whom became saints. Written in Latin by contemporaries or near contemporaries, and most translated here for the first time, these biographies cover the period from the fall of the Roman Empire and the conversion of the invading Franks to the rise of Charlemagne's family. Three of these holy women were queens who turned to religion only after a period of intense worldly activity. Others were members of the Carolingian family, deeply implicated in the political ambit
- Contents:
- Genovefa, virgin of Paris (423-502)
- Clothild, queen of the Franks (d. 544)
- Monegund, widow and recluse of Tours (d. 570)
- Radegund, queen of the Franks and abbess of Poitiers (ca. 525-587)
- Eustadiola, widow of Bourges (594-684)
- Caesaria II, abbess of Saint Jean of Arles (ca. 550)
- Rusticula, abbess of Arles (ca. 556-632)
- Glodesind, abbess in Metz (ca. 600)
- Burgundofara, abbess of Faremoutiers (603-645)
- Sadalberga, abbess of Laon (ca. 605-670)
- Rictrude, abbess of Marchiennes (ca. 614-688)
- Gertrude, abbess of Nivelles (628-658)
- Aldegund, abbess of Maubeuge (d. ca. 684) ; Waldetrude, abbess of Mons (d. ca. 688)
- Balthild, queen of Neustria (d. ca. 680)
- Bertilla, abbess of Chelles (d. ca. 700)
- Anstrude, abbess of Laon (ca. 645, d. before 709)
- Austreberta, abbess of Pavilly (650-703).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-333) and index.
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612904479
- 9781282904477
- 1282904477
- 9780822382362
- 0822382369
- OCLC:
- 850215225
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