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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Published in:	Early Medieval Europe Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 309 - 341
Main Authors:	Flierman, Robert, Williard, Hope
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Aug2025
Subjects:	Radegunda, Queen, consort of Clotaire I, King of the Franks, d. 587 Letters Communication Fortunatus, Venantius Honorius Clementianus, ca. 540-ca. 600 Hagiography
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