The history of the Franks / Gregory of Tours ; translated [from the Latin] with an introduction by Lewis Thorpe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gregory, Bishop of Tours, Saint, 538-594.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Penguin classics

The Penguin classics

Standardized Title:

Historia Francorum. English

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Franks--History--To 768.

Franks.

History.

France--History--To 987.

France.

France--Church history--To 987.

Church history.

Genre:

Church history.

History.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

710 pages : genealogical tables, map ; 18 cm.

Place of Publication:

Harmondsworth ; Baltimore : Penguin, 1974.

Summary:

A dramatic narrative of French history in the sixth century. Gregory of Tours (c.A.D. 539-594) intended his HISTORY to be a chronicle of events and included the 21 years he spent as Bishop of Tours. This volume contains all ten books of the HISTORY. As Gregory unravels the bewildering events of those decades, what emerges is no dry historical document but a colorful, detailed and moving pageant.

Contents:

I. Gregory of Tours. Genealogical table: the family of Gregory of Tours

II. The times in which Gregory lived. Genealogical table: the Merovingians, down to Dagobert

III. Gregory's writings

IV. The history of the Franks. Intention and shape ; Historical and literary debts ; Personal knowledge ; Credibility ; Other historians of the period ; Language ; Style ; Humour and irony ; Nature notes ; The manuscripts ; Earlier translations ; This translation

V. Gregory down the centuries.

Notes:

Translation of Historia Francorum.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 56-58) and index.

ISBN:

0140442952

9780140442953

OCLC:

1419146