HISTORY 70B Chapter Notes - Chapter article : Venantius Fortunatus, Chlothar I
Document Summary
St. radegund as ascetic: venantius fortunatus, the life of st. radegund. She was a prize of war + eventually wife for king clothar i. Eventually, radegund entered a monastery and then near the end of his life, so did fortunatus. Prologue is basically saying that the text is going to be about radegund. Radegund born of good class but fled homeland once franks devastated it. Then she was captured and fought over by conquerors. King clothar eventually had her raised and educated in a villa. As a child, she used to be super religious and also would help out the poor and would clean and all that. She would be more focused on religion than being the king"s wife. She would give to the poor a lot. She would help build houses for the needy and would even help bathe them acted like a servant.
