Better dead than shorn. The killing of Chlodomer's sons and the character of Queen Clotilde.

This article studies the portrayal of the character of Clotilde in Gregory of Tours's Decem libri historiarum with particular attention paid to the killing of Chlodomer's sons (3.18). It argues that this, along with other episodes attested in Fredegar, is a contaminations from a tradition in which C...

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Publicado en:Early Medieval Europe Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 447 - 474
Autor principal: Westenholz, Willum
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Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Nov2024
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