Medievalists.net » King Sigebert I 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 The ‘Prehistory’ of Gregory of Tours: An Analysis of Books I-IV of Gregory’s Histories http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/11/the-prehistory-of-gregory-of-tours-an-analysis-of-books-i-iv-of-gregorys-histories/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/11/the-prehistory-of-gregory-of-tours-an-analysis-of-books-i-iv-of-gregorys-histories/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:03:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39211 In northern Gaul in the second half of the sixth century, a bishop of Tours, Georgius Florentius Gregorius, known to posterity as Gregory of Tours, composed eight books of hagiography and ten books of history. These testaments survive as evidence of the politics, society and theology of this post-imperial world.

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