Williard Friendship in the Merovingian Kingdoms

Venantius Fortunatus and His Contemporaries
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-80270-034-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 292 Seiten

Reihe: CARMEN monographs and studies

Explores how one early medieval poet survived and thrived amidst the political turbulence of sixth-century Merovingian Gaul, and how the language of friendship shaped beliefs and behaviours, leading to social cohesion even within kingdoms repeatedly wracked by civil wars.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Williard, Hope

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: The Friendly Patron and His Client Chapter 2: Episcopal and Lay Building Projects Chapter 3: Friendships with Merovingian Women Chapter 4: Writing for Royalty Chapter 5: Literary Friendships and Elite Identity Conclusion Select Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Williard Hope:
Hope Williard researches the letters, messages, messengers, and travel which enabled medieval people to make and maintain connections with each other. She has held visiting research fellowships in Manchester and Oxford. She currently works as an academic subject librarian and associate lecturer at the University of Lincoln, UK.