Gregory of Tours: Life of the Fathers

174 Pages·2007·62.076 MB·English

by  EDWARD JAMES

Translated Texts for Historians
This series is designed to meet the needs of students of ancient and medi-
eval history and others who wish to broaden their study by reading source
material, but whose knowledge of Latin or Greek is not suffi cient to allow
them to do so in the original language. Many important Late Imperial and
Dark Age texts are currently unavailable in translation and it is hoped that
TTH will help to fi ll this gap and to complement the secondary literature
in English which already exists. The series relates principally to the period
300–800 AD and includes Late Imperial, Greek, Byzantine and Syriac texts
as well as source books illustrating a particular period or theme. Each vol-
ume is a self-contained scholarly translation with an introductory essay on
the text and its author and notes on the text indicating major problems of
interpretation, including textual diffi culties.
Editorial Committee
Sebastian Brock, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford
Averil Cameron, Keble College, Oxford
Henry Chadwick, Oxford
John Davies, University of Liverpool
Carlotta Dionisotti, King’s College, London
Peter Heather, University College, London
Robert Hoyland, University of St Andrews
William E. Klingshirn, The Catholic University of America
Michael Lapidge, Clare College, Cambridge
Robert Markus, University of Nottingham
John Matthews, Yale University
Claudia Rapp, University of California, Los Angeles
Raymond Van Dam, University of Michigan
Michael Whitby, University of Warwick
Ian Wood, University of Leeds
General Editors
Gillian Clark, University of Bristol
Mark Humphries, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Mary Whitby, University of Liverpool
Cover illustration Lid of the ‘Aemiliana’ sarcophagus in St Bertrand-de-Comminges.
A full list of published titles in the Translated Texts for H istorians
series is available on request. The most recently published are
shown below.
Antioch as a Centre of Hellenic Culture, as Observed by Libanius
Translated with an introduction and notes by A. F. NORMAN
Volume 34: 224pp., 2000, ISBN 0-85323-595-3
Neoplatonic Saints: The Lives of Plotinus and Proclus by their Students
Translated with an introduction and notes by MARK EDWARDS
Volume 35: 224pp., 2000, ISBN 0-85323-615-1
Politics, Philosophy and Empire in the Fourth Century: Select Orations of Themistius
Translated with an introduction by PETER HEATHER and DAVID MONCUR
Volume 36: 384pp., 2001, ISBN 0-85323-106-0
A Christian’s Guide to Greek Culture: The Pseudo-Nonnus Commentaries on Sermons 4,
5, 39 and 43 of Gregory of Nazianzus
Translated with an introduction and notes by JENNIFER NIMMO SMITH
Volume 37: 208pp., 2001, ISBN 0-85323-917-7
Avitus of Vienne: Letters and Selected Prose
Translated with introduction and notes by DANUTA SHANZER and IAN WOOD
Volume 38: 472pp., 2002, ISBN 0-85323-588-0
Constantine and Christendom: The Oration to the Saints, The Greek and Latin Accounts
of the Discovery of the Cross, The Edict of Constantine to Pope Silvester
Translated with introduction and notes by MARK EDWARDS
Volume 39: 192pp., 2003, ISBN 0-85323-648-8
Lactantius: Divine Institutes
Translated with introduction and notes by ANTHONY BOWEN and PETER GARNSEY
Volume 40: 488pp., 2003, ISBN 0-85323-988-6
Selected Letters of Libanius from the Age of Constantius and Julian
Translated with introduction and notes by SCOT BRADBURY
Volume 41: 308pp., 2004, ISBN 0-85323-509-0
Cassiodorus: Institutions of Divine and Secular Learning and On the Soul
Translated and notes by JAMES W. HALPORN; Introduction by MARK VESSEY
Volume 42: 316 pp., 2004, ISBN 0-85323-998-3
For full details of Translated Texts for Historians, including prices and or-
dering information, please write to the following:
All countries, except the USA and Canada: Liverpool University Press,
4 Cambridge Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZU, UK (Tel +44-[0]151-794 2233,
Fax +44-[0]151-794 2235, Email J.M. [email protected], http://www.liverpool-
unipress.co.uk). USA and Canada: University of Chicago Press, 1427 E.
60th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, US (Tel [phone], Fax [phone],
www.press.uchicago.edu)
Translated Texts for Historians
Volume 1
Gregory of Tours:
Life of the Fathers
Translated with introduction and notes by
EDWARD JAMES
Second Edition
Liverpool
University
Press
First published 1985
Liverpool University Press
4 Cambridge Street
Liverpool, L69 7ZU
Second impression 1986
Second edition 1991
This impression 2007
Copyright © 1985 Edward James
The right of Edward James to be identifi ed as the author
of this work has been asserted by them in accordance
with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced
stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or
by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording,
or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A British Library CIP Record is available.
ISBN 978-0-85323-327 ?
Set in Times by
Printed in the European Union by
gow
Cromwell Press, Trowbridge, Wiltshire.