Radegund - The Trials and Triumphs of a Merovingian Queen

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.

List of contents

• Map 1: Gaul in the Sixth Century


• Map 2: Poitiers in the Time of Radegund


• List of Figures


• Acknowledgements


• Introduction


• Chapter 1. And the Lots Were Cast


• Chapter 2. A Temple Consumed by Fire


• Chapter 3. What Can Man Do Unto Me?


• Chapter 4. They Will Be as Bears and Wolves


• Chapter 5. The Lord Knows His Own


• Chapter 6. Veil of Veils, Holy of Holies


• Chapter 7. Like Eve Driven from Paradise


• Chapter 8. Amen


• Appendix 1: Radegund's Letter Dominis sanctis


• Appendix 2: Family Tree of Select Merovingians


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

E. T. Dailey is Associate Professor of Late Antique & Early Medieval History at the University of Leicester. He is the author of Queens, Consorts, Concubines: Gregory of Tours and Women of the Merovingian Elite, and editor of Portraits of Medieval Europe, 800-1400 (with Christian Raffensperger) and Monastic Space through Time (with Stephen Werronen).

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.

Additional text

His book is mostly well researched and based upon a thorough awareness not only of the sixth- and seventh-century accounts, but also of modern scholarship in several languages. It is clearly and engagingly written.

Product details

• Authors: E. T. Dailey, E. T. (Associate Professor of Late Antique Dailey, E. T. (Associate Professor of Late Antique & Early Medieval History Dailey
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.09.2023
• EAN: 9780197699201
• ISBN: 978-0-19-769920-1
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Women in Antiquity
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Europe, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, Medieval History, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Biography: historical, political and military, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, 6th century, c 500 to c 599