The World of Gregory of Tours /

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

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...

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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.
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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.

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