Hagiography, Historiography, and Identity in Sixth-Century Gaul : Rethinking Gregory of Tours.

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 -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

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