Name: Gregory of Tours: The Merovinigans (Readings in Medieval Civilizations and Cultures)
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Author: alexander callander (edt) murray
ISBN: 9781551115238

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Gregory of Tours: The Merovinigans (Readings in Medieval Civilizations and Cultures)

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Physical Book

Publisher

University of Toronto Press, Hig

Author

alexander callander (edt) murray

Language

English

Pages

282

Format

Paperback

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ISBN

1551115239

ISBN13

9781551115238

Synopsis "Gregory of Tours: The Merovinigans (Readings in Medieval Civilizations and Cultures) "

Georgius Florentius Gregorius, better known to posterity as Gregory, Bishop of Tours, was born about 538 to a highly distinguished Gallo-Roman family in Clermont in the region of Auvergne. Best known for his 10-book Histories (often called the History of the Franks), Gregory left us detailed accounts of his own times as well as those of the early Merovingian kings, known as the "long-haired kings," who united the Franks and took control of most of Gaul in the late fifth and early sixth century. Although he is one of the most important historians of pre-modern times, the complex, apparently disconnected, elements of Gregory's work are often difficult for today's readers to understand. This selected, new translation is composed of extensive sections from Books II to X and follows in a connected narrative the political events of the Histories from the appearance of the first Merovingian kings, Merovech, Childeric, and Clovis to the last years of the reigns of Guntram and Childebert II in the late sixth century. This book is designed to introduce new readers, and even experienced ones, to the political world (secular and ecclesiastical) of sixth-century Gaul and to provide an up-to-date guide to reading the bishop of Tours' fascinating account of his times. Included in this volume are twenty-one drawings by Jean-Paul Laurens, a nineteenth-century French historical artist and interpreter of the Merovingians.

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