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Hagiography, historiography, and identity in sixth-century Gaul : rethinking Gregory of Tours / Tamar Rotman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rotman, Tamar, author.
- 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.
- polychrome
- 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
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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