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Gregory of Tours: History and Society in the Sixth Century [Hardcover]

Martin Heinzelmann (Author), Christopher Carroll (Translator)

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July 16, 2001 0521631742 978-0521631747
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

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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

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peccatis facientibus, bonus rex, stellarum ratio, eschatological church, hagiographical works, libri historiarum, general prologue, uncial script, earthly society, saintly bishops, regnal years, episcopal court, thematic chapters, bad death
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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
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