TY - BOOK ID - 85494497 TI - Death and afterlife in the pages of Gregory of Tours : religion and society in late antique Gaul PY - 2020 SN - 9789462988040 9462988048 9789048540082 9048540089 PB - Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, DB - UniCat KW - 276 =71 GREGORIUS TURONENSIS KW - 276 =71 GREGORIUS TURONENSIS Latijnse patrologie--GREGORIUS TURONENSIS KW - 276 =71 GREGORIUS TURONENSIS Patrologie latine--GREGORIUS TURONENSIS KW - Latijnse patrologie--GREGORIUS TURONENSIS KW - Patrologie latine--GREGORIUS TURONENSIS KW - Death in literature. KW - Merovingians KW - Historiography. KW - Gregory, KW - Grégoire, KW - Gregor, KW - Gregorius, KW - Gregorio, KW - Grigoriĭ, KW - Gregori, KW - Tours, Gregory of, KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - Gaul KW - France KW - Gallia KW - Gaule KW - Bro-C'hall KW - Fa-kuo KW - Fa-lan-hsi KW - Faguo KW - Falanxi KW - Falanxi Gongheguo KW - Faransā KW - Farānsah KW - França KW - Francia (Republic) KW - Francija KW - Francja KW - Francland KW - Francuska KW - Franis KW - Franḳraykh KW - Frankreich KW - Frankrig KW - Frankrijk KW - Frankrike KW - Frankryk KW - Fransa KW - Fransa Respublikası KW - Franse KW - Franse Republiek KW - Frant︠s︡ KW - Frant︠s︡ Uls KW - Frant︠s︡ii︠a︡ KW - Frantsuzskai︠a︡ Rėspublika KW - Frantsyi︠a︡ KW - Franza KW - French Republic KW - Frencisc Cynewīse KW - Frenska republika KW - Furansu KW - Furansu Kyōwakoku KW - Gallia (Republic) KW - Gallikē Dēmokratia KW - Hyãsia KW - Parancis KW - Peurancih KW - Phransiya KW - Pransiya KW - Pransya KW - Prantsusmaa KW - Pʻŭrangsŭ KW - Ranska KW - República Francesa KW - Republica Franzesa KW - Republika Francuska KW - Republiḳah ha-Tsarfatit KW - Republikang Pranses KW - République française KW - Tsarfat KW - Tsorfat KW - Γαλλική Δημοκρατία KW - Γαλλία KW - Франц KW - Франц Улс KW - Французская Рэспубліка KW - Францыя KW - Франция KW - Френска република KW - פראנקרייך KW - צרפת KW - רפובליקה הצרפתית KW - فرانسه KW - فرنسا KW - フランス KW - フランス共和国 KW - 法国 KW - 法蘭西 KW - 法蘭西共和國 KW - 프랑스 KW - France (Provisional government, 1944-1946) KW - History KW - Gregory of Tours, Gaul, History, Death, Afterlife. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85494497 AB - 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 Gregory's writings about death and the afterlife, thereby illuminating the bishop's 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 Gregory's motives for penning his works, particularly the Historiae, which remained unfinished upon the author's death. ER -