Includes bibliographical references (pages 599-643) and index.
Contents:
Part 1 Gregory and his circle -- Gregory of Tours: the elements of a biography / Martin Heinzelmann -- Venantius Fortunatus and Gregory of Tours: Patronage and Poetry / Michael Roberts -- Part 2. Composing the works -- The composition of the Histories of Gregory of Tours and its bearing on the political narrative / Alexander Callander Murray -- Chronology, composition, and authorial conception in Gregory of Tours Miracula / Richard Shaw -- The works of Gregory of Tours: manuscripts, language, and style / Pascale Bourgain -- Part 3. Institutional and Material Setting -- The Merovingian state and administration in the times of Gregory of Tours / Alexander Callander Murray -- The Gallic Church in sixth century Gaul / Yitzhak Hen -- Landscape and material culture of Gaul in the times of Gregory of Tours according to archaeology / Patrick PeĢrin -- Part 4. Religious and literary perspectives --The Works of Gregory of Tours and patristic tradition / Martin Heinzelmann -- Gregory of tours and the literary imagination: genre, narrative style, sources, and Models in the Histories / Joachin Martinez Pizarro -- Gregory of Tours, hagiography, and the cult of the saints in the sixth century / J.K. Kitchen -- Part 5. Gregory and the political world of the sixth century -- Gallic politics in the sixth century / Stefan Esders -- Gregory of Tours, Italy, and the Empire / S.T. Loseby --Gregory of Tours and Spain / Roger Collins -- Part 6. Post Mortem -- The Early Medieval Editions of Gregory of Tours Histories / Helmut Reimtiz -- Gregory's works in the high medieval and early medieval periods / John J. Contreni,
Series:
Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition, 1871-6377 ; volume 63
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