Gregory of Tours: History and Society in the Sixth Century

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.

Author: Martin Heinzelmann
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 07/16/2001
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9780521631747

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