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The 'Other' Boniface: Vita altera Bonifatii in its Frisian and wider Carolingian contexts
- Author(s):
- Ricky Broome (see profile)
- Date:
- 2013
- Group(s):
- Early Medieval, History
- Subject(s):
- Culture--Study and teaching, Europe, History, Hagiography, Middle Ages, Missionaries--Study and teaching
- Item Type:
- Other
- Tag(s):
- Carolingian, Early medieval, Frisia, Cultural studies, European history, Medieval history, Missionary studies
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6QX0Z
- Abstract:
- The text known to modern historians as Vita altera Bonifatii – the ‘second’ or ‘other’ Life of Boniface – is a very different text than the far better known Vita Bonifatii composed by Willibald in the decade after Boniface’s death. This paper presents some preliminary thoughts on the anonymous author's purpose in writing the Life by placing the text within its context as both a Frisian missionary text and a work produced at the height of the so-called Carolingian Renaissance. The paper was originally presented to the Centre for Medieval Studies at Utrecht University in April 2013. Since then some of my thoughts and conclusions about the Life have changed. A revised version of this paper can be found in my doctoral thesis, and a further revised and even more thorough study will form part of my forthcoming monograph.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 6 years ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial
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