From Roman to Merovingian Gaul: a reader

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Including such remarkable accounts as Attila the Hun's meeting with the Pope, Queen Balthild's life, and Gregory of Tours'vivid descriptions of what happens when daily life is enmeshed with politics, From Roman to Merovingian Gaul documents events that are both remarkable in themselves and that demonstrate what made this era of history distinct.

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Full title :From Roman to Merovingian Gaul : a reader / edited and translated by Alexander Callander Murray.

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Publication Date:©2008.

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Publisher(s):University of Toronto Press
Place of Publication:North York, Ontario
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2008.

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Description:1 ressource en ligne (xvi, 679 pages) : : cartes.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781442604131, 1442604131
oclc:on1052507524
LC Classification:DC60
Dewey Decimal:944/.01

The early Franks -- Orosius on empire, barbarians, and usurpers in the late fourth and fifth centuries -- Three Gallic courtiers and poets: thoughts on life, love, and patriotism -- The antique chronicle tradition in the fifth and sixth centuries -- Salvian of Marseilles on God's judgment -- Priscus of Panium on Attila the Hun -- Fragments and scraps of fifth-century history -- The world of Sidonius Apollinaris: from Roman to Visigothic Gaul -- Clovis, king of the Franks, A. 481/2-511 -- The histories of Gregory of Tours: the Frankish kingdom, a. 511-90 -- The world of Gregory of Tours -- Fredegar of Frankish history, a. 584-642 -- Kings and mayors: the anonymous History of the Franks (LHF) and the Frankish kingdom, a. 639-727 -- Sanctity and politics in the times of Balthild and her sons -- Frankish law -- History, legend, and romance -- Epilogues and postscripts: from Charles Martel to the end of Merovingian kingship.

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Europe -- Gaul France France -- Sources. -- History -- To 987 Gaul -- Sources. -- History -- 58 B.C.-… Gaule -- Sources. -- Histoire -- 58 av.… History Merovingians Merovingians -- Sources. -- France Mérovingiens -- Sources Mérovingiens -- Sources. -- France Ressources Internet Romains -- Sources. -- France Romans Romans -- Sources. -- France Sources To 987