Friendship in the Merovingian Kingdoms: Venantius Fortunatus and His Contemporaries Williard Hope
Friendship in the Merovingian Kingdoms: Venantius Fortunatus and His Contemporaries Williard Hope This book explores how one early medieval poet survived and thrived amidst the political turbulence…
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Friendship in the Merovingian Kingdoms: Venantius Fortunatus and His Contemporaries Williard Hope
This book explores how one early medieval poet survived and thrived amidst the political turbulence of sixth century Gaul--with a little help from his friends. Although he is no longer dismissed as an opportunistic poetaster who wrote undistinguished flattery for undeserving kings and aristocrats, his work remains unduly neglected. Born in northern Italy, Venantius Fortunatus made his career writing for and about members of the Merovingian elite.
His poems and letters enabled his aristocratic patrons to situate themselves in networks, which they made and maintained in order to navigate a post-imperial but not post-Roman world. This book reframes Fortunatus as a writer uniquely suited to his times, a professional poet who addressed his contemporaries' needs and wishes for the prestige and sophistication of Classical culture. It makes an important contribution to our understanding of
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