A companion to Gregory of Tours /

Gregory, bishop of Tours (573-594), was among the most prolific writers of his age and uniquely managed to cover the genres of history, hagiography, and ecclesiastical instruction. He not only wrote about events (of the secular, spiritual, and even natural variety) but about himself as an actor and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Murray, Alexander C., 1946- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Brill, 2015.
Colección:Brill's companions to the Christian tradition.
Temas:
Gregory, > Bishop of Tours, Saint, > 538-594.
Gregory, > Bishop of Tours, Saint, > 538-594
To 987
Historians > France > Biography.
Christian saints > France > Biography.
Merovingians > Historiography.
Christian hagiography.
History, Ancient > Historiography.
Mérovingiens > Historiographie.
Hagiographie chrétienne.
Histoire ancienne > Historiographie.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Christian hagiography
Christian saints
Historians
History, Ancient > Historiography
France > Church history > To 987.
Gaul > History > 58 B.C.-511 A.D.
France > Histoire religieuse > Jusqu'à 987.
Gaule > Histoire > 58 av. J.-C.-511.
Europe > Gaul
France
Biography
Biographies
Church history
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • A Companion to Gregory of Tours; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Maps; List of Genealogies; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part 1: Gregory and His Circle; 1: Gregory of Tours: The Elements of a Biography; 2: Venantius Fortunatus and Gregory of Tours: Poetry and Patronage; Part 2: Composing the Works; 3: The Composition of the Histories of Gregory of Tours and Its Bearing on the Political Narrative; 4: Chronology, Composition, and Authorial Conception in the Miracula
  • 5: The Works of Gregory of Tours: Manuscripts, Language, and StylePart 3: Institutional and Material Setting; 6: The Merovingian State and Administration in the Times of Gregory of Tours; 7: The Church in Sixth-Century Gaul; 8: Landscape and Material Culture of Gaul in the Times of Gregory of Tours According to Archaeology; Part 4: Religious and Literary Perspectives; 9: The Works of Gregory of Tours and Patristic Tradition; 10: Gregory of Tours and the Literary Imagination: Genre, Narrative Style, Sources, and Models in the Histories
  • 11: Gregory of Tours, Hagiography, and the Cult of the Saints in the Sixth CenturyPart 5: Gregory and the Political World of the Sixth Century; 12: Gallic Politics in the Sixth Century; 13: Gregory of Tours, Italy, and the Empire; 14: Gregory of Tours and Spain; Part 6: Post Mortem; 15: The Early Medieval Editions of Gregory of Tours' Histories; 16: Gregory's Works in the High Medieval and Early Modern Periods; Maps; Genealogies; References; Index

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