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The building projects and the Histories of Gregory of Tours
- Abstract:
- This article offers a fresh perspective on the life and works of the sixth-century bishop Gregory of Tours by analysing Gregory’s magnum opus, the Histories, alongside a frequently overlooked aspect of his episcopal career: his restoration of the cathedral church of Tours and St Martin’s basilica following their devastation by fire in the time of his predecessor, Eufronius. Drawing on the conceptual insights of memory studies, I argue that Gregory’s writings and building projects formed part of a single project which he pursued throughout his time in office to restore and rearticulate the relationship of the episcopate of Tours with its past.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1111/emed.12536
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- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Journal:
- Early Medieval Europe More from this journal
- Volume:
- 30
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 159-184
- Publication date:
- 2022-03-18
- Acceptance date:
- 2021-04-04
- DOI:
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1468-0254
- ISSN:
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0963-9462
- Language:
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English
- Pubs id:
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1790504
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pubs:1790504
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2024-03-11
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- Copyright holder:
- John Merrington
- Copyright date:
- 2022
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- © 2022 The Authors. Early Medieval Europe published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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