Venantius Fortunatus as an Aulic Poet

(Carm. 6.1 and 6.5)

Authors

  • Kintli Dóra University of Szeged

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14232/suc.2022.3.379-402

Keywords:

Venantius Fortunatus, Merovingian Gaul, late antique literature, epithalamium, consolation, Brunchild

Abstract

This paper examines Venantius Fortunatus’s aulic stand in two of his carmens: an epithalamium written for king Sigibert’s wedding with the Visigoth princess Brunchild (Carm. 6.1), and a consolation written for the death of Galswinth, Brunchild’s sister, who married to Sigibert’s brother, and died tragically under suspicious circumstances (Carm. 6.5). Both poems were written for the Austrasian court with a political motivation behind; therefore the question arises, whether Fortunatus could preserve his integrity, and what kind of messages he conveyed through literary allusions and rhetorical tools.

Author Biography

Kintli Dóra, University of Szeged

completed her MA in history at Pázmány Péter Catholic University at Budapest and have started her doctorate at the University of Szeged on the Neolatin Program in 2021. For the academic year 2020/21 she won the scholarship of the New National Excellence Program of Hungary to carry out her research on Venantius Fortunatus’ poetry concerning Queen Brunchild.

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Published

2023-05-22

How to Cite

Kintli, D. (2023). Venantius Fortunatus as an Aulic Poet: (Carm. 6.1 and 6.5). Sapiens Ubique Civis, 3, 379–402. https://doi.org/10.14232/suc.2022.3.379-402