Next Gregory covers the history of Christianity in Gaul and some of the major events in Roman-Gallo relations. The narrative history begins with a brief epitome of the Biblical Old Testament, New Testament, and the subsequent spread of the Christian Religion into Gaul. It contains Christian tales of miracles, descriptions of omens and natural events, stories of Christian martyrs, dialogues of church debates, discussions of the lives of holy men, nobility, and eccentric peasants, frequent Bible verses and references, and explorations of the complex international relations between numerous tribes and nations including the Lombards, Visigoths, Ostrogoths and Huns, not to mention Gregory's personal biography and interpretation of events.īook One begins with a pronouncement by the author that he is a Frankish Catholic clergyman who follows the Nicene Creed and abhors heresy like those of the "wicked" Arian sect among other heresies. Gregory of Tours' history is a dense work, with numerous narratives and characters. Gregory wrote in Late Latin, which frequently departed from classical usage in both syntax and spelling, though with relatively few changes in inflection. Home The History of the Franks Wikipedia: Works
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