A new model for royal penance? Helgaud of Fleury's Life of Robert the Pious
Sarah Hamilton
This article studies the theme of penance in writings about early medieval kingship through a case study: his eleventh-century vita Robert Pious, Helgaud Fleury described how king did for incestuous marriage terms taken directly from Ambrose's Apologia David. article, therefore, examines influence which Ambrose had both on and earlier writers kingship.
Early Medieval Europe