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 , Italy


Abstract

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 Christendom

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Published
2015-07-15


Iannello, F. (2015). Un modello di santità femminile alla corte dei Merovingi: per un approccio storico-religioso alla figura di Gertrude badessa di Nivelles. Vox Patrum, 63, 253–270. https://doi.org/10.31743/vp.3563

Fausto Iannello 
Università degli Studi di Messina



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