Model of female holiness at the Merovingian court: a historical and religious contribution to the figure of the abbess Gertrude of Nivelles
Fausto Iannello
Università degli Studi di Messina , ItalyAbstract
Autor niniejszego artykułu pragnie omówić historyczno-religijny wpływ wywierany przez św. Gertrudę z Nivelles w świetle nowych trendów kulturowych poruszonych przez tzw. „gender studies” oraz w kontekście tych lat, które przyczyniły się bardziej niż inne do powstania tak zwanego „zachodniego chrześcijaństwa”. Przez pryzmat działań młodej ksieni merowińskiej, w kluczowym czasie przygotowującym renesans karoliński, możemy obserwować całkowicie oryginalny model kobiecej świętości.
Keywords:
Gertrude of Nivelles, Merovingian Church, Early Medieval Monasticism, Irish Missionaries in Continental Europe, Female Sanctity, Gender Studies, Western ChristendomReferences
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