Gregory of Tours: Life of the Fathers / Edition 2

by Liverpool University Press

Overview

The first translation into English of Life of the Fathers, a collection of twenty lives of saints which lives present a cross-section of the Gallic Church and are a counterpart to the secular society described in Gregory's History of the Franks.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780853233275
Publisher:	Liverpool University Press
Publication date:	01/12/1991
Series:	Translated Texts for Historians LUP , #1
Edition description:	2
Pages:	172
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Edward James read history at Oxford, and then did research on the archaeology of south-west Gaul in the early Middle Ages. He taught at University College Dublin between 1970 and 1978, and is currently Senior Lecturer in the Department of History, and Co-Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies, at the University of York.

Edward James read history at Oxford, and then did research on the archaeology of south-west Gaul in the early Middle Ages. He taught at University College Dublin between 1970 and 1978, and is currently Senior Lecturer in the Department of History, and Co-Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies, at the University of York.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
Family trees
Maps
Translation of the Life of the Fathers: Preface
I About Romanus and Lupicinus, abbots
II About St Illidius, a bishop
III About St Abraham, an abbot
IV About St Quintianus, a bishop
VAbout St Portianus, an abbot
VI About St GaIlus [of Clermont], a bishop
VIIAbout St Gregory [of Langres], a bishop
VIII About St Nicetius, bishop of Lyons
IX About St Patroclus, an abbot
X About St Friardus, a recluse
XI About St CaIuppa, a recluse
XII About St Aemilianus and Brachio, abbots
XIII About St Lupicinus, a recluse
XIV About St Martius, an abbot
XV About St Senoch, an abbot
XVIAbout St Venantius, an abbot
XVII About St Nicetius, bishop of the Treveri
XVIII About Ursus and Leobatius, abbots
XIX About Monegundis, a nun
XX About Leobardus. a recluse

Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index of People and Places

Editorial Reviews

"... a valuable and notable contribution to expanding the amount of source materials for Late Antiquity ..."—Patristics

From the Publisher

"...a valuable and notable contribution to expanding the amount of source materials for Late Antiquity..."
— Patristics

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