Death and afterlife in the pages of Gregory of Tours : religion and society in late antique Gaul /
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,...
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| Μορφή: | Licensed eBooks |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press
[2020]
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| Σειρά: | Social worlds of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages.
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv15d803k |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Peering into the invisible world
- Maturing spiritually in a perilous world
- Pastoring from the pulpit and the page
- Discerning the denizens of Heaven and Hell
- Fathoming the fates of the Merovingians.