{"product_id":"death-and-afterlife-in-the-pages-of-gregory-of-tours-religion-and-society-in-late-antique-gaul-9789462988040","title":"Death and Afterlife in the Pages of Gregory of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGregory 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, thereby illuminating the bishop’s pastoral imperative to save souls and revealing his opinions about the fates of Merovingian royals, among many others he mentions in his voluminous text. The study provides insight into Gallic peoples living at the dawning of the Middle Ages and their hopes and fears about the otherworld. It affords an original, nuanced interpretation of Gregory’s motives for penning his works, particularly the \u003ci\u003eHistoriae\u003c\/i\u003e, which remained unfinished upon the author’s death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This well-written volume provides a detailed overview of particular and significant aspects of Gregory’s thought on saints and their relationship to death, judgment, heaven, and hell within the context of the thought of his contemporaries during a time when many of these ideas were in developing stages. [...] This book will be a welcome addition to the flourishing fields of late antique studies and of Merovingian Gaul, as well as to the library of new work on a most interesting figure, Gregory of Tours.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Eileen Gardiner, \u003ccite\u003eThe Medieval Review\u003c\/cite\u003e, 21.11.36 (2021) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Allen E. Jones’s recent study tackles a subject that is hardly studied: the theological views of the sixth-century Merovingian bishop, Gregory of Tours. [...] His study offers a fresh new perspective on Gregory of Tours and his works, and it paves the path for further studies on the theology of Gregory of Tours. [...] Jones does an excellent service for the ‘Gregorian’ scholarship by looking into the theology of Gregory of Tours, and his study opens new ways to discuss Gregory and his works.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Tamar Rotman, \u003ccite\u003eBryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/cite\u003e, 12, 39 (2021) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ccite\u003eDeath and Afterlife in the Pages of Gregory of Tours\u003c\/cite\u003e is a self-proclaimed intellectual biography (17) of the author of ten books of history and seven books of miracles, which refreshingly makes use of the bishop’s entire corpus and broader historical context in order to get inside his head. [...] This book will remain an excellent resource for death in Gregory of Tours. Its expansive index makes it easy to use and ensures scholars of Gregory and sixth-century Gaul will return to it after reading.\"\u003cbr\u003e- A. E. T. McLaughlin, \u003ccite\u003eChurch History: Studies in Christianity and Culture\u003c\/cite\u003e, 90, 3 (2021) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"In a book that combines impressive scholarship with some genuinely funny lines, Jones’s book takes on this challenge with illuminating results. It is essential and gripping reading for anyone interested in Gregory of Tours and his ideas about death and salvation.\" \u003cbr\u003e- Isabel Moreira, \u003ccite\u003eEarly Medieval Europe\u003c\/cite\u003e, Vol. 31, Iss. 1 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Overall, the book reflects an engaging attempt at constructing an intellectual biography of Gregory of Tours, and has much to commend it. [...] Jones is an astute reader, able both to articulate cohesive arguments and to trace them effectively across a variety of textual events.\" \u003cbr\u003e- Kavya Bhat \u0026amp; Maria E. Doerfler, \u003ccite\u003eJournal of Early Christian Studies\u003c\/cite\u003e, Vol. 29, No. 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I Death \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter One Peering into the Invisible World \u003cbr\u003eDeath and the Little Boy \u003cbr\u003eBecoming Gregory I \u003cbr\u003eConclusion \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two Maturing Spiritually in a Perilous World \u003cbr\u003eDeath and the Aspiring Cleric \u003cbr\u003eBecoming Gregory II \u003cbr\u003eStudium ad ecclesiasticae scriptae \u003cbr\u003eConclusion \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three Pastoring from the Pulpit and the Page \u003cbr\u003eDeath and the Bishop \u003cbr\u003eDeath and the Historian? \u003cbr\u003eBishop, Author, Pastor \u003cbr\u003e-Writings and Sermons \u003cbr\u003e-Sin, Penance, Grace \u003cbr\u003e-Living Holy People \u003cbr\u003e-Sinners \u003cbr\u003eConclusion \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart II Afterlife \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four Discerning the Denizens of Heaven and Hell \u003cbr\u003eThe Saved \u003cbr\u003eVisionaries and Heaven \u003cbr\u003eCommunicating Salvation: Migrare and Transire \u003cbr\u003eHellmates \u003cbr\u003eSigns of Condemnation \u003cbr\u003eCommunicating Damnation: Interire, Iudicium Dei, Ultio Divina \u003cbr\u003eLessons and Warnings for Contemporaries \u003cbr\u003eConclusion \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Five Fathoming the Fates of the Merovingians \u003cbr\u003eMerovingians in Heaven \u003cbr\u003e-King Clovis and Queen Clotild \u003cbr\u003e-King Theudebert \u003cbr\u003eMerovingians in Hell \u003cbr\u003e-King Chlodomer et al. \u003cbr\u003e-A Mixed Bag: Kings Theuderic, Theudebald, Childebert I, Chlothar I and Prince Chramn \u003cbr\u003eKings Charibert and Sigibert \u003cbr\u003eKings Chilperic and Guntram \u003cbr\u003eConclusion \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConclusion \u003cbr\u003eKiller Queen(s) \u003cbr\u003eKing Guntram and Gregory's Unfinished Project \u003cbr\u003eAfterword \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Amsterdam University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50473235874135,"sku":"9789462988040","price":116.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9789462988040.jpg?v=1744905808","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/death-and-afterlife-in-the-pages-of-gregory-of-tours-religion-and-society-in-late-antique-gaul-9789462988040","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}