The Social Life of Hagiography in the Merovingian Kingdom
Jamie Kreiner
This book charts the influence of Christian ideas about social responsibility on legal, fiscal and operational policies Merovingian government, which consistently depended upon collaboration kings elites to succeed, it shows how a set stories transformed political playing field in early medieval Gaul. Contemporary thinkers encouraged this development by writing arguments form hagiography, more redefine rules resources elite culture than promote saints&amp;apos; cults. Jamie Kreiner explores hagiographers were able do effectively, layering their with different rhetorical cognitive strategies while keeping surface narratives entertaining. The result was subtle captivating literature that gives us new ways thinking institutions can change, vibrancy inspired subsequent Carolingian developments.
Library Union Catalog of Bavaria, Berlin and Brandenburg (B3Kat Repository)