Medievalists.net » Chlothar I http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Literal and Symbolic: the Language of Asceticism in Two Lives of St Radegund http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/10/literal-and-symbolic-the-language-of-asceticism-in-two-lives-of-st-radegund/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/10/literal-and-symbolic-the-language-of-asceticism-in-two-lives-of-st-radegund/#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:04:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39160 Since Radegund was never martyred, it is through her ascetic practice, a vicarious martyrdom, that her sanctity must be constructed. Both Fortunatus and Baudonivia treat Radegund's ascetic practices as a means of creating the powerful body of a saint, a living relic, but the differences in the two writers' approaches are notable.

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