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St‐Germain des‐Prés, St Vincent and the martyrs of Cordoba
Author(s) -
Christys Ann
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
early medieval europe
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1468-0254
pISSN - 0963-9462
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0254.00025
Subject(s) - politics , history , humanities , demography , art , political science , law , sociology
The Translatio Georgii, Aurelii et Nathaliae , in which Aimoin recounts the journey of Usuard of St‐Germain to Cordoba in search of relics, and the use which Usuard made of Spanish material in his Martyrology , reveal many inconsistencies. These are explained, by comparing these texts with Aimoins’s Translatio Beati Vincentii and other evidence for St‐Germain, as the result of attempts to bolster the monastery’s standing with Charles the Bald at a time of political difficulty.