Hagiography, historiography, and identity in sixth-century Gaul : rethinking Gregory of Tours

1. Verfasser: Rotman, Tamar , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2022.
Umfang/Format: 1 online resource (195 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Schriftenreihe: Social worlds of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages.
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: Europa
Parallelausgabe: Rotman, Tamar, Hagiography, Historiography, and Identity in Sixth-Century Gaul (Print version:)
Online Zugang: Available online
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • 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
  • 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