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Record Number:
9053
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Claussen , M. A.
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Title:
Fathers of Power and Mothers of Authority: Dhuoda and the "Liber manualis" [Dhuoda uses scripture and St. Benedict's rule to teach her son Christian values].
Source URL:
French Historical Studies
(Full Text via JSTOR) 19, 3 (Spring 1996): 785-809.
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French Historical Studies
(Full Text via JSTOR) 19, 3 (Spring 1996): 785-809.
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Article Type:
Journal Article
Subject
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Authority
Dhuoda, Countess of Barcelona and Septimania
Fathers
Handbooks
Literature- Prose
Mothers
Women Authors
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Geographic Area:
France;Iberia
Century:
9
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Abstract:
Dhouoda, wife of Bernard, count of Septimania, wrote the "Liber manualis" in the early 840s, when the Carolingian Empire was undergoing a period of fragmentation after the death of Louis the Pious. The book, addressed to her son William, who was living at the court of Charles the Bald, makes a bold claim regarding maternal authority. By engaging in a dialogue with a series of normative texts, especially the Bible and the "Rule of St. Benedict," Dhuoda argues that the authority and respect that society accords to powerful men- fathers, abbots, and kings- more properly belongs to those who act according to Christian precepts. Finally, after she dismantles ninth- century patriarchy, she proposes a new model of social relations, based on mutual aid and cooperation. [Reproduced by permission of Duke University Press. All rights reserved.]
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Author's Affiliation:
University of San Francisco
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Year of Publication:
1996.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
00161071
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