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Title: Death and Afterlife in the Pages of Gregory of Tours
Condition: New
Subtitle: Religion and Society in Late Antique Gaul
Author: Allen E. Jones
Format: Hardback
Type: Hardback
ISBN-10: 9462988048
EAN: 9789462988040
ISBN: 9789462988040
Edition: 0
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Topic: History
Release Date: 04/08/2020
Description: 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.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: NL
Item Height: 234mm
Item Length: 156mm
Book Series: Social Worlds of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
Release Year: 2020

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