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Rewriting History and the Myth of the French Nation
The Hagiography of Radegund of Poitiers from Medieval to Modernity
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Rewriting History and the Myth of the French Nation
The Hagiography of Radegund of Poitiers from Medieval to Modernity
About this book
This multidisciplinary analysis of the cult of Radegund of Poitiers, from the sixth century to the twenty-first, illuminates the roles saints play at the intersection of gender and politics. No other medieval saint was so politically charged or had such an astonishing range of constructed personae. The many "Radegunds" encountered in this study – virgin, wife, mother, royalist, republican, colonizer – can all be interpreted as responses to contemporary political events, shifting spiritual trends, and changing attitudes towards women's role in society or the Church. The long trajectory of Radegund's meanings and functions over the centuries suggests that saints have played a more significant ideological role in state formation, nationalism, and identity politics than is typically recognized. To "rewrite" Radegund is thus to rewrite the history of the French nation, and this ground-breaking study shows how powerful medieval hagiography has been and continues to be in the emergence of nationalism and the "Myth of the French Nation."
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction: Rewriting Radegund of Poitiers
- 1 Laying the Foundations for Radegund's Legacies
- 2 Hildebert of Lavardin's Life of Radegund: New Institutional Identities for Women in Authority in the Twelfth Century
- 3 Becoming a Patron Saint of France: Mythologizing Radegund and French History in the Fifteenth to Sixteenth Centuries
- 4 Radegund at the Intersection of Hagiography, Memory, and History in Post-Reformation France: Soldier of Christ and Model for Women's Tridentine Spirituality
- 5 Mother of the Fatherland: Nationalism and French Identities from the Revolution to the Fin-de-Siècle
- 6 French Exports: Radegund and Defining French Identities at Home and Abroad from Medieval to Modernity
- 7 Conclusion: Radegund Today: “At the Root of Our History”
- Appendix A: Manuscripts of the Life of Radegund
- Appendix B: Radegund in Books of Hours, Breviaries, Calendars, etc.
- Appendix C: Radegunďs Cult Sites in France, England, Sicily, and the Congo
- Bibliography
- Index