Hagiography, Historiography, and Identity in Sixth-Century Gaul : : Rethinking Gregory of Tours / / Tamar Rotman.
Gregory of Tours, the sixth-century Merovingian bishop, composed extensive historiographical and hagiographical corpora during the twenty years of his episcopacy in Tours. These works serve as important sources for the cultural, social, political and religious history of Merovingian Gaul. This book...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Social worlds of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (196 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Social Worlds of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
- Table of contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Gregory of Tours
- 2. ‘When the Saints Go Marching In’: Eastern Saints in Merovingian Gaul
- 3. The Miraculous History of Gregory of Tours
- 4. ‘By Romans They Refer To…’ (Romanos Enim Vocitant): History, Hagiography, and Identity
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index