The World of Gregory of Tours / / edited by Mitchell, Wood.

• Superior document: Cultures, Beliefs and Traditions: Medieval and Early Modern Peoples ; 8
• TeilnehmendeR: Mitchell,; Wood,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2002.
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Series: Cultures, Beliefs and Traditions: Medieval and Early Modern Peoples ; 8.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

In a fascinating series of essays, the life, works and world of Gregory of Tours are evaluated. This sixth-century bishop is probably best known as writer of the History of the Franks. The collection of essays makes a valuable contribution to the flourishing field of Gregory of Tours studies. Though the contributors take full account of his political dimension, they also see Gregory in his cultural context. In addition to being representative of the age in which he lived, Gregory is presented here as an exceptional man. Furthermore, the contributors offer an up-to-date assessment of Merovingian culture, history and religion. Themes include: the urban history of Tours and the Merovingian world; ideas, politics and international contacts in the Merovingian world; the Merovingian church; Gregory's hagiographic writings; the Histories; and the manuscript tradition. Contributors include: Bernard S. Bachrach, Peter Brown, John J. Contreni, S. Fanning, Nancy Gauthier, Walter Goffart, Guy Halsall, Yitzak Hen, Conrad Leyser, Felice Lifshitz, Jo Ann McNamara, Kathleen Mitchell, William Monroe, Janet L. Nelson, Giselle de Nie, Thomas F.X. Noble, Patrick Périn, Walther Pohl, E.M. Rose, B.H. Rosenwein, Danuta Shanzer, Julia M.H. Smith, Ian Wood, andBarbara Yorke.

Table of Contents

Preface -- Abbreviations -- List of Contributors -- Gregory of Tours: Introduction, Peter Brown -- The Individuality of Gregory of Tours, Ian Wood -- From the Ancient City to the Medieval Town: Continuity and Change in the Early Middle Ages, Nancy Gauthier -- Settlements and Cemeteries in Merovingian Gaul, Patrick Périn -- Via Iustitiae : The Biblical Sources of Justice in Gregory of Tours, William Monroe -- Gregory of Tours and Sixth-Century Anglo-Saxon England, Barbara Yorke -- Gregory of Tours and Contemporary Perceptions of Lombard Italy, Walther Pohl -- Gregory of Tours and the Roman Church, Thomas F.X. Noble -- Women at the Tomb: Access to Relic Shrines in the Early Middle Ages, Julia M.H. Smith -- Inaccessible Cloisters: Gregory of Tours and Episcopal Exemption, B.H. Rosenwein -- Chastity as a Third Gender in the History and Hagiography of Gregory of Tours, Jo Ann McNamara -- Apostolicity Theses in Gaul: The Histories of Gregory and the "Hagiography" of Bayeux, Felice Lifshitz -- Paganism and Superstitions in the Time of Gregory of Tours: une question mal posée! , Yitzak Hen -- The Merovingian Church in Carolingian Retrospective, Janet L. Nelson -- History and Miracle: Gregory's Use of Metaphor, Giselle de Nie -- "Divine Power Flowed from His Book": Ascetic Language and Episcopal Authority in Gregory of Tours' Life of the Fathers , Conrad Leyser -- Marking the Bounds: The Distant Past in Gregory's History, Kathleen Mitchell -- Gregory of Tours and the Conversion of the Jews of Clermont, E.M. Rose -- Clovis Augustus and Merovingian Imitatio Imperii , S. Fanning -- Nero and Herod? The Death of Chilperic and Gregory's Writings of History, Guy Halsall -- Gregory of Tours as a Military Historian, Bernard S. Bachrach -- Conspicuously Absent: Martial Heroism in the Histories of Gregory of Tours and its Likes, Walter Goffart -- History, Romance, Love, and Sex in Gregory of Tours' Decem Libri Historiarum , Danuta Shanzer -- Reading Gregory of Tours in the Middle Ages, John J. Contreni -- Index.