Gregory of Tours was a bishop of late antiquity who was famously devoted to promoting the efficacy of saintly powers. 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.
Gregory of Tours was a bishop of late antiquity who was famously devoted to promoting the efficacy of saintly powers. 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.
Allen Jones is Professor and Chair of the Department of History and Philosophy at Troy University.
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Introduction Part I Death Chapter One Peering into the Invisible World Death and the Little Boy Becoming Gregory I Conclusion Chapter Two Maturing Spiritually in a Perilous World Death and the Aspiring Cleric Becoming Gregory II Studium ad ecclesiasticae scriptae Conclusion Chapter Three Pastoring from the Pulpit and the Page Death and the Bishop Death and the Historian? Bishop Author Pastor -Writings and Sermons -Sin Penance Grace -Living Holy People -Sinners Conclusion Part II Afterlife Chapter Four Discerning the Denizens of Heaven and Hell The Saved Visionaries and Heaven Communicating Salvation: Migrare and Transire Hellmates Signs of Condemnation Communicating Damnation: Interire Iudicium Dei Ultio Divina Lessons and Warnings for Contemporaries Conclusion Chapter Five Fathoming the Fates of the Merovingians Merovingians in Heaven -King Clovis and Queen Clotild -King Theudebert Merovingians in Hell -King Chlodomer et al. -A Mixed Bag: Kings Theuderic Theudebald Childebert I Chlothar I and Prince Chramn Kings Charibert and Sigibert Kings Chilperic and Guntram Conclusion Conclusion Killer Queen(s) King Guntram and Gregory's Unfinished Project Afterword Bibliography Index.
Introduction Part I Death Chapter One Peering into the Invisible World Death and the Little Boy Becoming Gregory I Conclusion Chapter Two Maturing Spiritually in a Perilous World Death and the Aspiring Cleric Becoming Gregory II Studium ad ecclesiasticae scriptae Conclusion Chapter Three Pastoring from the Pulpit and the Page Death and the Bishop Death and the Historian? Bishop Author Pastor -Writings and Sermons -Sin Penance Grace -Living Holy People -Sinners Conclusion Part II Afterlife Chapter Four Discerning the Denizens of Heaven and Hell The Saved Visionaries and Heaven Communicating Salvation: Migrare and Transire Hellmates Signs of Condemnation Communicating Damnation: Interire Iudicium Dei Ultio Divina Lessons and Warnings for Contemporaries Conclusion Chapter Five Fathoming the Fates of the Merovingians Merovingians in Heaven -King Clovis and Queen Clotild -King Theudebert Merovingians in Hell -King Chlodomer et al. -A Mixed Bag: Kings Theuderic Theudebald Childebert I Chlothar I and Prince Chramn Kings Charibert and Sigibert Kings Chilperic and Guntram Conclusion Conclusion Killer Queen(s) King Guntram and Gregory's Unfinished Project Afterword Bibliography Index.
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