Gregory of Tours: History and Society in the Sixth Century (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521636384)

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, Heinzelmann Martin
ISBN-10: 0521636388
ISBN-13: 9780521636384
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/02/2006
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d