For 1400 years Gregory's Histories--the principal work of Merovingian history--have been understood as a "history of the Franks" and as an objective portrayal of history, albeit told by a naive narrator. This completely new interpretation of the Histories reveals connections between apparently unconnected, adjacent chapters, and also begins to make out their real function. Gregory (538-594) can be seen as focusing on the development of a socio-political concept of society, which anticipates the leadership of the Christian state entrusted to the joint government of bishops and king.
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"...even those who do not subscribe to Heinzelmann's main thesis will greatly profit from the many important findings set out in his book." Walter Goffart
"[This study] marks a watershed in studies of Gregory and is the capstone of decades of this eminent scholar's work." American Historical Review
"Heinzelmann's book is a good companion to Gregory's work in that it provides a comprehensive interpretation of Gregory's concept of history." Comitatus
"[This study] marks a watershed in studies of Gregory and is the capstone of decades of this eminent scholar's work." American Historical Review
"Heinzelmann's book is a good companion to Gregory's work in that it provides a comprehensive interpretation of Gregory's concept of history." Comitatus
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King Guntram, Gregory of Tours, Gregory of Langres, Venantius Fortunatus, Gregory the Great, Martin of Tours, Old Testament, Nicetius of Lyons, Sidonius Apollinaris, Gregory's Histories, King Chilperic, Walter Goffart, Church of Christ, Bishop Praetextatus of Rouen, Emperor Tiberius, Guntram Boso, Eufronius of Tours, Kathleen Mitchell, Otto of Freising, Bishop Eufronius, Bishop Quintianus, Bruno Krusch, King Charibert, King Chlothar, Odo of Cluny New!
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- Venantius Fortunatus: Personal and Political Poems (Liverpool University Press - Translated Texts for Historians) by Judith George on page 90, page 183, and Back Matter
- A History of the Franks (Penguin Classics) by Gregory of Tours on page 2, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Gregory of Tours Pb (Headstart History Papers) by Ian Wood in Back Matter
- Acts Of The Apostles by Douay on page 83
- Anti-Pelagian Writings [A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church - Volume V] (v. 5) by St. Augustine in Back Matter
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- The Dangers of Ritual: Between Early Medieval Texts and Social Scientific Theory. by Philippe Buc on 4 pages
- Emotional Communities in the Early Middle Ages: by Barbara H. Rosenwein on page 71, page 100, and Back Matter
- From Roman Provinces to Medieval Kingdoms (Rewriting Histories) by Thomas F.X. Noble on page 336, page 385, and Back Matter
- The Carolingians and the Written Word by Rosamond McKitterick on page 214, and page 243
- Ordering Medieval Society: Perspectives on Intellectual and Practical Modes of Shaping Social Relations (The Middle Ages Series) by Bernhard Jussen on page 189, and page 196
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