1st Edition
Rewriting History and the Myth of the French Nation The Hagiography of Radegund of Poitiers from Medieval to Modernity
Introduction: Rewriting Radegund of Poitiers, Chapter 1: Laying the Foundations for Radegund's Legacies, Chapter 2: Hildebert of Lavardin's Life of Radegund: New Institutional Identities for Women in Authority in the Twelfth Century, Chapter 3: Becoming a Patron Saint of France: Mythologizing Radegund and French History in the Fifteenth to Sixteenth Centuries, Chapter 4: Radegund at the Intersection of Hagiography, Memory, and History in Post-Reformation France: Soldier of Christ and Model for Women's Tridentine Spirituality, Chapter 5: Mother of the Fatherland: Nationalism and French Identities from the Revolution to the Fin-de-siècle, Chapter 6: French Exports: Radegund and Defining French Identities at Home and Abroad from Medieval to Modernity, Conclusion: Radegund Today: At the Root of Our History, Appendices, Bibliography, Index.
Biography
Anna Katharina Rudolph is a medieval historian whose research is driven by questions of how the sacred intersects with the political to redefine women’s roles in pre-Modern France. Her work explores how women navigated social limitations by using religion to achieve political power. She holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, and is the author of "From Runaway Wife to Sainted Queen: Scandal and the Model of Saintly Queenship in the Early Middle Ages,” 2025.
