Martin Heinzelmann

Gregory of Tours

History and Society in the Sixth Century

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 2001 book offers a new interpretation of the Ten Books of History of Gregory of Tours (538â 594), the principal work of Merovingian history, which have been understood hitherto as an objective though naive 'history of the Franks'.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 410g
• ISBN-13: 9780521636384
• ISBN-10: 0521636388
• Artikelnr.: 21348370

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
Preface
List of abbreviations
Introduction: the state of research into Gregory of Tours in 1992
1. Gregory of Tours and his family
2. The function of autobiographical elements in Gregory's concept of contemporary history (books v-x)
the relationship of 'bishop' and 'king'
autobiography and the writing of history
the concept of history
3. Ten Books of History: genre, structure and plan
4. Gregory's ecclesia Dei: the eschatological church and the concept of history
Conclusion
Postscript
Bibliography
Index of references to Gregory's works
Index of names.