Letters, gifts and messengers. The epistolary strategies of St Radegund.

This article studies the ways the sixth‐century queen and monastic founder Radegund (c.520–87) managed the non‐textual elements of communication by letter. While Radegund's role as a writer and commissioner of letters has been well studied, her efforts as an orchestrator of letter deliveries, gift e...

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Publicado en:Early Medieval Europe Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 309 - 341
Autores principales: Flierman, Robert, Williard, Hope
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Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Aug2025
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        Radegunda, Queen, consort of Clotaire I, King of the Franks, d. 587
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