Radegund : the trials and triumphs of a Merovingian queen / E.T. Dailey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Series:

Women in antiquity.

Oxford scholarship online.

Women in antiquity

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian women saints--Gaul--Biography.

Christian women saints.

Women ascetics--Gaul--Biography.

Women ascetics.

Franks--Queens--Biography.

Franks.

Merovingians--Queens--Biography.

Merovingians.

France--History--To 987.

France.

Abbaye Sainte-Croix de Poitiers.

Radegunda, Queen, consort of Clotaire I, King of the Franks, -587.

Radegunda.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

'Radegund' is a biography of a remarkable woman-princess, war captive, queen, deaconess, nun, and saint - who lived in early medieval France. Author E.T. Dailey narrates Radegund's life in an accessible way and offers important new insights for experts in the field.

Contents:

Cover

Series

Radegund

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Map 1: Gaul in the Sixth Century

Map 2: Poitiers in the Time of Radegund

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Touching the Heavens

1. And the Lots Were Cast

2. A Temple Consumed by Fire

3. What Can Man Do unto Me?

4. They Will Be as Bears and Wolves

5. The Lord Knows His Own

6. Veil of Veils, Holy of Holies

7. Like Eve Driven from Paradise

8. Amen

Appendix 1: Dominis sanctis: Radegund's Letter to the Bishops

Appendix 2: Family Tree of Select Merovingians

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 30, 2023).

ISBN:

0-19-765612-9

0-19-765613-7

0-19-765611-0