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Hagiography, historiography, and identity in sixth-century Gaul : rethinking Gregory of Tours / Tamar Rotman.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Rotman, Tamar, author.
Contributor:
Cambridge University Press.
Series:
Social worlds of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Europe--Historical geography.
Europe.
Historical geography.
Middle Ages.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
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Place of Publication:
Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2022]
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Cover
Table of contents
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Cults of Saints
Gregory of Tours and his Work
East and West
The Aims of this Study
1. Gregory of Tours
The Life of Gregory of Tours
Gregory of Tours and his Saints
Martin of Tours
Julian of Brioude
Vita Patrum
The Glory of the Confessors
The Glory of the Martyrs
Autohagiography
Conclusion
2. 'When the Saints Go Marching In': Eastern Saints in Merovingian Gaul
The Italian Evidence
The Eastern Evidence: Glory of the Martyrs
Polycarp
The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus
The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
Sergius
Cosmas and Damian
Phocas
Domitius
George
Isidore
Polyeuctus
The Eastern Evidence: Glory of the Confessors
Conclusion: The Dissemination of the Cults of Saints
3. The Miraculous History of Gregory of Tours
Libri Miraculorum Revisited
Gregory of Tours's Literary Approach
Gregory of Tours's Historiographical Perception
From Hagiography to Ecclesiasticcal History
A Brief History of 'Ecclesiastical History'
Historiographical and Literary Context
4. 'By Romans They Refer To...' (Romanos Enim Vocitant): History, Hagiography, and Identity
Whose History Is It Anyway?
Gallo-Christian Identity
Gaul vs. Spain
Gaul vs. the East
Hagiography and Identity
The Martyrologium Hieronymianum
Bibliography
Index
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 20, 2022).
Other Format:
Print version: Rotman, Tamar Hagiography, Historiography, and Identity in Sixth-Century Gaul
ISBN:
9789048551996
9048551994
Publisher Number:
40030951101
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