Death and Afterlife in the Pages of Gregory of ToursAuthor :
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Published : Tuesday 4 August 2020
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Gregory of Tours was a bishop of late antiquity who was famously devoted to promoting the efficacy of saintly powers. In his writings, both historical and hagiographical, Gregory depicted the saints and reprobates of his age. This book analyses Gregorys writings about death and the afterlife, thereby illuminating the bishops pastoral imperative to save souls and revealing his opinions about the fates of Merovingian royals, among many others he mentions in his voluminous text. The study provides insight into Gallic peoples living at the dawning of the Middle Ages and their hopes and fears about the otherworld. It affords an original, nuanced interpretation of Gregorys motives for penning his works, particularly the Historiae, which remained unfinished upon the authors death.
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