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- catalog abstract "In this revisionist work, John Kitchen depicts the lives of both male and female saints, by authors of both sexes - from sixth-century France. Looking at the works of the most prolific male hagiographers of the period, Venantius Fortunatus and Gregory of Tours, the author examines how these writers treated male saints in comparison to female saints, and considers the significant differences. He then focuses on one of the few biographies written at that time by a female author, Baudonivia's Life of Saint Radegund. Baudonivia's story of a female saint is considered in light of the previous observations on Fortunatus, Gregory, and the prominent trends that characterize the literature's early development. This study's insights and conclusions offer a more penetrating assessment of the literature than has previously been given by modern scholars debating the relationship between gender, sanctity, and the role played by female saints and writers in the religious life of the early Middle Ages. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of religious, literary, and cultural history of late antiquity and the medieval West.".
- catalog contributor b10667618.
- catalog coverage "France Church history To 987.".
- catalog coverage "France History To 987.".
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "In this revisionist work, John Kitchen depicts the lives of both male and female saints, by authors of both sexes - from sixth-century France. Looking at the works of the most prolific male hagiographers of the period, Venantius Fortunatus and Gregory of Tours, the author examines how these writers treated male saints in comparison to female saints, and considers the significant differences. He then focuses on one of the few biographies written at that time by a female author, Baudonivia's Life of Saint Radegund. Baudonivia's story of a female saint is considered in light of the previous observations on Fortunatus, Gregory, and the prominent trends that characterize the literature's early development. This study's insights and conclusions offer a more penetrating assessment of the literature than has previously been given by modern scholars debating the relationship between gender, sanctity, and the role played by female saints and writers in the religious life of the early Middle Ages. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of religious, literary, and cultural history of late antiquity and the medieval West.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-250) and index.".
- catalog description "pt. I. Sancti -- The prose hagiography of Venantius Fortunatus -- Gregory of Tours Life of the Fathers -- pt. II. Sanctae -- "Like a man among men" : the female saint in a male corpus -- Baudonivia's Life of Saint Radegund -- Conclusion : A world turned upside-down.".
- catalog extent "xv, 255 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0195117220 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "France Church history To 987.".
- catalog spatial "France History To 987.".
- catalog spatial "France".
- catalog spatial "France.".
- catalog subject "270/.092/244 21".
- catalog subject "BX4682 .K58 1998".
- catalog subject "Christian hagiography History To 1500.".
- catalog subject "Christian hagiography History.".
- catalog subject "Christian saints France History Study and teaching.".
- catalog subject "Christian saints France History To 1500 Study and teaching.".
- catalog subject "Christian saints History To 1500 Study and teaching France.".
- catalog subject "Sex role History of doctrines Middle Ages, 600-1500.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. Sancti -- The prose hagiography of Venantius Fortunatus -- Gregory of Tours Life of the Fathers -- pt. II. Sanctae -- "Like a man among men" : the female saint in a male corpus -- Baudonivia's Life of Saint Radegund -- Conclusion : A world turned upside-down.".
- catalog title "Saints' lives and the rhetoric of gender : male and female in Merovingian hagiography / John Kitchen.".
- catalog type "text".