Name: Death and Afterlife in the Pages of Gregory of Tours: Religion and Society in Late Antique Gaul
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Author: Jones, Allen E.
ISBN: 9789462988040

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Death and Afterlife in the Pages of Gregory of Tours: Religion and Society in Late Antique Gaul

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Physical Book

Author

Allen E. Jones

Publisher

Amsterdam University Press

Language

English

Pages

324

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.6 x 15.7 x 2.5 cm

Weight

0.66 kg.

ISBN13

9789462988040

Synopsis "Death and Afterlife in the Pages of Gregory of Tours: Religion and Society in Late Antique Gaul"

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 affords an original, nuanced interpretation of Gregory's motives for penning his works, particularly the Historiae, which remained unfinished upon the author's death.

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