Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Seriâ 4. Istoriâ, regionovedenie, meždunarodnye otnošeniâ, May 1, 2024
Introduction. Four hagiographical texts about St. Medard of Soissons, two about Eleutherius of To... more Introduction. Four hagiographical texts about St. Medard of Soissons, two about Eleutherius of Tournai, and one each about Gildard of Rouen, Evodius of Rouen, Bandarid of Soissons, and Laud of Coutances have survived. All of them are connected with the cult of Sts. Medard and Gildard, who, in later tradition, came to be erroneously called brothers. Methods and materials. The study was carried out on the basis of critical, historicalgenetic and biographical methods. Analysis. The results of the critical analysis of the mentioned monuments allowed us to conclude that all of them differ in the time of their creation and the value of the information reflected in them, describing the life and activity of these holy bishops of the Merovingian era. Several texts were already created at the turn of the 6 th-7 th centuries by the famous hagiographer Venantius Fortunatus. They can be important sources both for the reconstruction of the real biography of St. Medard and for the study of the history of the Merovingian period. The other texts were created later (in the Carolingian period and during the Classical Middle Ages), and the information about Medard and his time, added by their authors to the facts already known from Merovingian hagiography, does not represent historical value for the 6 th century. Results. On the example of these monuments, it is possible to trace a characteristic change in the function of hagiography, when the Merovingian texts, compiled to glorify the cult of the saint, are replaced by hagiographies, the creation of which is connected with the confirmation of the land claims of the church in the 9 th century, with the struggle around the united church of Noyon and Tournai, unfolding in the 11 th-12 th centuries, as well as with the development of the myth about the kinship of Medard and Gildard, and so on. The mentioned phenomenon reflects some peculiarities of the appeal to the cults of Merovingian saints in different epochs, in particular the change of the purposes of creating their hagiographies in accordance with the requirements of the time.
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foreign researchers. This article is devoted to the history of the Visigothic Kingdom after the loss of the most part of Aquitaine
by the Visigoths in the war of 507. In this regard special attention is paid to the Visigothic-Frankish relations and associated
events during the reign of the Visigothic King Amalaric (526-531).
as an infinite number of conflicts and wars in the VI century. In this regard, it seems interesting to turn to the figures of the t own
bishops during this period. This article pays special attention to the history and activity of the first three bishops of the town:
Amantus, Quintianus and Dalmatius.
more and more limited, and Septimania, instead of becoming a bridge between Spain and Gaul, contributed to the isolation
of Spain from the rest of the Western world. According to archaeological data, contacts across the Visigoth-Frankish border were
reduced to the minimum, which deeply influenced the culture of the border areas. Catholic Church remained the only link
for them, and its ministers crossed the border in both ways.
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kingdoms, we are faced with the need to attract of additional sources to eliminate gaps in our knowledge about this period. Fortunately, numerous lives of early Christian saints have come down to us. Writings of this kind cannot simply be discarded and ignored in the reconstruction of historical events, completely denying their authenticity. With in-depth and careful analysis, they can undoubtedly provide important information that complements the information of the main body of sources. For historians and anyone interested in early medieval history, as well as problems of expansion of Christianity in Western Europe. This book deals with the texts of the Lives of St. Marcellinus, St. Ceasarius of Arles, St. Dalmatius of Rodez and St. Germerius.
foreign researchers. This article is devoted to the history of the Visigothic Kingdom after the loss of the most part of Aquitaine
by the Visigoths in the war of 507. In this regard special attention is paid to the Visigothic-Frankish relations and associated
events during the reign of the Visigothic King Amalaric (526-531).
as an infinite number of conflicts and wars in the VI century. In this regard, it seems interesting to turn to the figures of the t own
bishops during this period. This article pays special attention to the history and activity of the first three bishops of the town:
Amantus, Quintianus and Dalmatius.
more and more limited, and Septimania, instead of becoming a bridge between Spain and Gaul, contributed to the isolation
of Spain from the rest of the Western world. According to archaeological data, contacts across the Visigoth-Frankish border were
reduced to the minimum, which deeply influenced the culture of the border areas. Catholic Church remained the only link
for them, and its ministers crossed the border in both ways.
kingdoms, we are faced with the need to attract of additional sources to eliminate gaps in our knowledge about this period. Fortunately, numerous lives of early Christian saints have come down to us. Writings of this kind cannot simply be discarded and ignored in the reconstruction of historical events, completely denying their authenticity. With in-depth and careful analysis, they can undoubtedly provide important information that complements the information of the main body of sources. For historians and anyone interested in early medieval history, as well as problems of expansion of Christianity in Western Europe. This book deals with the texts of the Lives of St. Marcellinus, St. Ceasarius of Arles, St. Dalmatius of Rodez and St. Germerius.