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Dr. Hope Williard, University of Lincoln

Open Source Link

Gregory of Tours (539-594): History of the Franks: Books I-X

Discussion Questions

  • What to Gregory’s own statements about his writing tell us about his choices as a writer?
  • Why does Gregory tell us the things that he does?
  • What characterises Gregory’s portraits of Merovingian queens?

Readings and Resources: Freely Available Online

  • Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks, trans. Ernest Brehaut (New York: Columbia University Press, 1916).

Other Readings (available to purchase as e-books or online via library subscriptions)

  • Gregory of Tours, The History of the Franks, trans. Lewis Thorpe (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1974).
  • Erin T. Dailey, Queens, Consorts, Concubines: Gregory of Tours and the Women of the Merovingian Elite (Leiden: Brill, 2015).
  • Guy Halsall, ‘The Preface to Book V of Gregory of Tours’ Histories: Its Form, Contents, and Significance’ The English Historical Review 122:496 (2007), pp. 297-317.
  • Alexander C. Murray, Gregory of Tours: The Merovingians (Peterborough: University of Toronto Press, 2006).
  • Alexander C. Murray, ed., A Companion to Gregory of Tours (Boston: Brill, 2016).
  • Ian Wood and Kathleen Mitchell, eds, The World of Gregory of Tours (Boston: Brill, 2002).

To Cite this Page

Williard, Hope. “An Introduction to the Histories of Gregory of Tours,” Middle Ages for Educators, April 17, 2020. Accessed[date]. http://archive.lauramorreale.com/middleagesforeducators/videos/an-introduction-to-the-histories-of-gregory-of-tours,-by-hope-williard/

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