Death and Afterlife in the Pages of Gregory of Tours : Religion and Society in Late Antique Gaul /
Jones, Allen E.
Death and Afterlife in the Pages of Gregory of Tours : Religion and Society in Late Antique Gaul / Allen E. Jones. - 1 online resource (324 p.) - Social worlds of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages ; 6 .
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I. Death -- Part II. Afterlife -- Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Gregory of Tours was a bishop of late antiquity who was famously devoted to promoting the efficacy of saintly powers. In his writings, both historical and hagiographical, Gregory depicted the saints and reprobates of his age. This book analyses Gregory's writings about death and the afterlife, thereby illuminating the bishop's pastoral imperative to save souls and revealing his opinions about the fates of Merovingian royals, among many others he mentions in his voluminous text. The study provides insight into Gallic peoples living at the dawning of the Middle Ages and their hopes and fears about the otherworld. It offers an original, nuanced interpretation of Gregory's motives for penning his works, particularly the Historiae, which remained unfinished upon the author's death.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9789048540082
10.1515/9789048540082 doi
Death in literature.
Anthropology.
Antiquity.
History, Art History, and Archaeology.
Literary Theory, Criticism, and History.
Medieval Studies.
Religion and Theology.
HISTORY / Medieval.
Gregory of Tours, Gaul, History, Death, Afterlife.
Death and Afterlife in the Pages of Gregory of Tours : Religion and Society in Late Antique Gaul / Allen E. Jones. - 1 online resource (324 p.) - Social worlds of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages ; 6 .
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I. Death -- Part II. Afterlife -- Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Gregory of Tours was a bishop of late antiquity who was famously devoted to promoting the efficacy of saintly powers. In his writings, both historical and hagiographical, Gregory depicted the saints and reprobates of his age. This book analyses Gregory's writings about death and the afterlife, thereby illuminating the bishop's pastoral imperative to save souls and revealing his opinions about the fates of Merovingian royals, among many others he mentions in his voluminous text. The study provides insight into Gallic peoples living at the dawning of the Middle Ages and their hopes and fears about the otherworld. It offers an original, nuanced interpretation of Gregory's motives for penning his works, particularly the Historiae, which remained unfinished upon the author's death.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9789048540082
10.1515/9789048540082 doi
Death in literature.
Anthropology.
Antiquity.
History, Art History, and Archaeology.
Literary Theory, Criticism, and History.
Medieval Studies.
Religion and Theology.
HISTORY / Medieval.
Gregory of Tours, Gaul, History, Death, Afterlife.