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Gregory of Tours: History and Society in the Sixth Century Book

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.Read More

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  • 0521636388
  • 9780521636384
  • Martin Heinzelmann
  • 2 November 2006
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 248
  • Digitally Printed 1st Pbk. Version
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