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Rewriting history and the myth of the French nation : the hagiography of Radegund of Poitiers from medieval to modernity / Anna Katharina Rudolph.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rudolph, Anna Katharina, author.
- Series:
- Hagiography beyond tradition
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Radegunda, Queen, consort of Clotaire I, King of the Franks, -587.
- Radegunda.
- Christian hagiography--History.
- Christian hagiography.
- Christian saints--France--Historiography.
- Christian saints.
- Christian women saints--France--Historiography.
- Christian women saints.
- Church and state--France--History.
- Church and state.
- France--Church history--987-1515.
- France.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (302 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2025.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Rewriting Radegund of Poitiers, Chapter 1: Laying the Foundations for Radegund's Legacies, Chapter 2: Hildebert of Lavardin's Life of Radegund: New Institutional Identities for Women in Authority in the Twelfth Century, Chapter 3: Becoming a Patron Saint of France: Mythologizing Radegund and French, Chapter 4: Radegund at the Intersection of Hagiography, Memory, and History in Post-Reformation France: Soldier of Christ and Model for Women's Tridentine Spirituality, Chapter 5: Mother of the Fatherland: Nationalism and French Identities from the Revolution to the Fin-de-siècle, Chapter 6: French Exports: Radegund and Defining French Identities at Home and Abroad from Medieval to Modernity, Conclusion: Radegund Today: At the Root of Our History, Appendices, Bibliography, Index.
- Notes:
- First published in 2025 by Amsterdam University Press Ltd.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Taylor & Francis, viewed December 9, 2025)
- ISBN:
- 9781003703020
- 100370302X
- 9781040779125
- 1040779123
- 9781040794647
- 1040794645
- Publisher Number:
- 90104395343
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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