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Author Jones, Allen E., 1963- author.

Title Death and afterlife in the pages of Gregory of Tours : religion and society in late antique Gaul / Allen E. Jones.

Publication Info. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (324 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Social worlds of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages
Social worlds of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary 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.
Contents Peering into the invisible world -- Maturing spiritually in a perilous world -- Pastoring from the pulpit and the page -- Discerning the denizens of Heaven and Hell -- Fathoming the fates of the Merovingians.
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Subject Gregory, Bishop of Tours, Saint, 538-594 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Gregory, Bishop of Tours, Saint, 538-594.
Criticism and interpretation.
Death in literature.
Death in literature.
RELIGION / Christianity / History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
ISBN 9789048540082 electronic book
9048540089 electronic book
Report No. (Coutts)058680420