Join BookitisSave favorites, build lists, and follow creators.

Glory of the confessors

Work detail

Bookitis Pick
Cover for Glory of the confessors
GO
Image source: Open Library
Saint Gregorius, Bishop of ToursFirst published 19881 editions

Contains a series of anecdotes about the lives and cults of Christians who witnessed to their faith through their exemplary lives. These anecdotes provide important historical evident, first, for the ways bishops and their congregations manipulated traditions about the development of the early Church, and second, for the contemporary functions and meanings of the cults of saints during the sixth century. The spontaneity and literary modesty of many of the anecdotes make them especially valuable for modern historians intent upon understanding the early Frankish Church. In addition to the translation, this volume includes an introduction and commentary. The introduction summarizes essential information about the chronology, composition and purposes of the "Glory of the Confessors", and also discusses other relevant topics, such as the role of these anecdotes in the celebration of the liturgy and the contrast between 'rusticity' and correct behaviour and beliefs. The commentary provides only basic identifications, dates, background and references to other secondary scholarly literature.

Overview

Shared work-level identity and catalog context.

First publish date 19881 credited authorSearch language english

Bookitis keeps work pages focused on the shared book identity and the editions that actually belong to it. Unrelated books should not appear here as primary content.

Contributors

People credited with this work in the active catalog.

  • Saint Gregorius, Bishop of Tours

    Author profile in the active Bookitis catalog

    Open Author

Editions

Publication-specific versions linked to this work only.