Medievalists.net » Gregory of Tours http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Adversus paganos: Disaster, Dragons, and Episcopal Authority in Gregory of Tours http://www.medievalists.net/2014/12/08/adversus-paganos-disaster-dragons-episcopal-authority-gregory-tours/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/12/08/adversus-paganos-disaster-dragons-episcopal-authority-gregory-tours/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2014 04:57:18 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54691 In 589, a great flood of the Tiber river sent a torrent of water rushing through the city of Rome

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/12/08/adversus-paganos-disaster-dragons-episcopal-authority-gregory-tours/feed/ 0 Hagiography and the Experience of the Holy in the Work of Gregory of Tours http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/09/hagiography-experience-holy-work-gregory-tours/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/09/hagiography-experience-holy-work-gregory-tours/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2014 03:33:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54026 The rich literature associated with the Desert Fathers provides convincing evidence of the important role played by charismatic figures in the transformation of Late Antiquity.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/09/hagiography-experience-holy-work-gregory-tours/feed/ 0 The Frankish Pretender Gundovald, 582–585. A Crisis of Merovingian Blood http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/12/frankish-pretender-gundovald-582-585-crisis-merovingian-blood/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/12/frankish-pretender-gundovald-582-585-crisis-merovingian-blood/#comments Sun, 12 Oct 2014 14:49:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53282 In the autumn of 582, a claimant to Frankish kingship named Gundovald landed in Marseilles, returning from exile in Constantinople with covert support from very powerful persons in the kingdom.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/12/frankish-pretender-gundovald-582-585-crisis-merovingian-blood/feed/ 0 The Birth of the Monarchy out of Violent Death http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/30/birth-monarchy-violent-death/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/30/birth-monarchy-violent-death/#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2014 01:31:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52212 There were many motives for murdering a king.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/09/secret-histories-gregory-tours/feed/ 0 Blended and Extended Families in Carolingian Charters http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/27/blended-extended-families-carolingian-charters-london/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/27/blended-extended-families-carolingian-charters-london/#comments Tue, 27 May 2014 09:55:51 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49883 This is a summary of a paper on Carolingian charters and the relationship between step and blended families.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/27/blended-extended-families-carolingian-charters-london/feed/ 0 Merovingian Diplomacy: Practice and purpose in the sixth century http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/06/merovingian-diplomacy-practice-purpose-sixth-century/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/06/merovingian-diplomacy-practice-purpose-sixth-century/#comments Sun, 06 Apr 2014 23:17:07 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48818 The practise of diplomacy has not been much studied in Merovingian Gaul, although there are numerous works that deal with its political dealings with its neighbours and with the administration and culture of Gaul at this time.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/06/merovingian-diplomacy-practice-purpose-sixth-century/feed/ 0 The ‘second Jezebel’: representations of the sixth-century Queen Brunhild http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/26/the-second-jezebel-representations-of-the-sixth-century-queen-brunhild/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/26/the-second-jezebel-representations-of-the-sixth-century-queen-brunhild/#comments Sun, 26 Jan 2014 17:29:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47022 The sixth century Merovingian queen Brunhild is a figure of extremes, lauded by Pope Gregory the Great as ‘most excellent daughter’ and later defiled as ‘the enemy of
Christianity’.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/26/the-second-jezebel-representations-of-the-sixth-century-queen-brunhild/feed/ 0 The Liber Historiae Francorum – a Model for a New Frankish Self-confidence http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/07/the-liber-historiae-francorum-a-model-for-a-new-frankish-self-confidence/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/07/the-liber-historiae-francorum-a-model-for-a-new-frankish-self-confidence/#comments Wed, 07 Aug 2013 13:11:05 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42674 The Liber Historiae Francorum – a Model for a New Frankish Self-confidence Philipp Dörler Networks and Neighbours, Volume One, Number One (2013) The Liber historiae Francorum was influenced by different historiographic traditions. In this paper, I pursue two arguments. First, I believe that the author of the Liber historiae Francorum juxtaposes and slightly transforms these […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/07/the-liber-historiae-francorum-a-model-for-a-new-frankish-self-confidence/feed/ 0 Tenebrae Refulgeant: Celestial Signa in Gregory of Tours http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/24/tenebrae-refulgeant-celestial-signa-in-gregory-of-tours/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/24/tenebrae-refulgeant-celestial-signa-in-gregory-of-tours/#comments Sun, 24 Mar 2013 14:17:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40051 Celestial portents appear frequently in the Historiae of Bishop Gregory of Tours (ca. 539–94). Gregory carefully distinguished between the interpretation of celestial signs and horoscopic astrology by describing signs as natural, albeit miraculous, elements of God's Creation.

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