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2025
Radegund of Poitiers in Modern Scholarship: Recurrent Themes and Portrayals
Giacomo Evangelisti
Abstrak
Radegund of Poitiers (520–587) was a princess of the Thuringian kingdom, wife to the Merovingian king Clothar I, and ultimately domina of the abbey of Sainte-Croix in Poitiers. The literary persona of Saint Radegund, as constructed by the poet-hagiographer Venantius Fortunatus and, a few years later, by the nun Baudonivia, underpins the historical figure. The saint exerted a significant cultural influence across Frankish territories, and over the ages her image has been continuously received, reinterpreted, and expanded. The purpose of this study is to provide a survey of the critical reception of Radegund’s character, in order to explore how modern scholarship has interpreted and reimagined her persona over time.
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Giacomo Evangelisti
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- Tahun Terbit
- 2025
- Bahasa
- en
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- DOI
- 10.3390/h14080165
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- Open Access ✓