Regendering Radegund? Fortunatus, Baudonivia and the Problem of Female Sanctity in Merovingian Gaul
In the prologue of her De vita sancti Radegundis, Baudonivia, an inhabitant of Radegund’s community of the Holy Cross at Poitiers, adopted a phrase from Venantius Fortunatus’ Vita Hilarii to express her unworthiness for the task: ‘I can as easily touch heaven with my fingers as perform the task you...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1998
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Studies in church history
Year: 1998, Volume: 34, Pages: 37-50 |
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