A companion to Gregory of Tours / / edited by Alexander Callander Murray.

• Superior document: Brill's companions to the Christian tradition, volume 63
• TeilnehmendeR: Murray, Alexander C., 1946-
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Brill,, [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; VOLUME 63.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (685 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; Gregory of Tours: The Elements of a Biography /; Venantius Fortunatus and Gregory of Tours: Poetry and Patronage /; The Composition of the Histories of Gregory of Tours and Its Bearing on the Political Narrative /; Chronology, Composition, and Authorial Conception in the Miracula /; The Works of Gregory of Tours: Manuscripts, Language, and Style /; The Merovingian State and Administration in the Times of Gregory of Tours /; The Church in Sixth-Century Gaul /; Landscape and Material Culture of Gaul in the Times of Gregory of Tours According to Archaeology /; The Works of Gregory of Tours and Patristic Tradition /; Gregory of Tours and the Literary Imagination: Genre, Narrative Style, Sources, and Models in the Histories /; Gregory of Tours, Hagiography, and the Cult of the Saints in the Sixth Century /; Gallic Politics in the Sixth Century /; Gregory of Tours, Italy, and the Empire /; Gregory of Tours and Spain /; The Early Medieval Editions of Gregory of Tours’ Histories /; Gregory’s Works in the High Medieval and Early Modern Periods /; Maps /; Genealogies /; References /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9789004307001; 9004307001; 9004306765
• ISSN: 1871-6377
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Alexander Callander Murray.

Gregory, bishop of Tours (573-594), was among the most prolific writers of his age and uniquely managed to cover the genres of history, hagiography, and ecclesiastical instruction. He not only wrote about events (of the secular, spiritual, and even natural variety) but about himself as an actor and witness. Though his work (especially the Histories ) has been recycled and studied for centuries, our grasp of an even basic understanding of it, never mind Gregory’s significance in the history of the late antique West, has hardly yet attained a definitive perspective. A Companion to Gregory of Tours brings together fourteen scholars who provide an expert guide to interpreting his works, his period, and his legacy in religious and historical studies. Contributors are: Pascale Bourgain, Roger Collins, John J. Contreni, Stefan Esders, Martin Heinzelmann, Yitzhak Hen, John K. Kitchen, Simon Loseby, Alexander Callander Murray, Patrick Périn, Joachim Pizarro, Helmut Reimitz, Michael Roberts, Richard Shaw.