Sis Quoque Catholicis Religionis Apex
The Ecclesiastical Patronage of Chilperic I and Fredegund
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3840202 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gregory I Halfond (0000-0001-7639-8797, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 48-76 |
| Publication date | 2012-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Church History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0009640711001776 |
| OpenAlex | W2138484279 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 29 |
The libelous depiction of King Chilperic I (561-584) and his wife Fredegund in Gregory of Tours'Decem Libri Historiarumhas encouraged the false impression of these Merovingian monarchs as scourges of the Gallo-Frankish Church and its bishops. If fact, evidence from Gregory's own writings, as well as from other contemporary sources, reveals that Chilperic and Fredegund were generous patrons of ecclesiastical persons, institutions, and cults. A prosopographical database of seventeen episcopal supporters of Chilperic and Fredegund is used to evaluate the means by which the royal couple attracted and maintained episcopal support. The patronage by the royal couple of saint cults and their associated institutions also is examined. It is concluded that Chilperic and Fredegund's ecclesiastical policies are less responsible for their posthumous reputations than the choices that they made in distributing their patronage
Ancient history · Apex (geometry) · Art · Art history · Bishops · Depiction · Emperor · Literature · Political science · Prosopography · SAINT · Wife · Classics · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies · History · Law · Medicine · Medieval Literature and History
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |