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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Frankish prelate and historian who produced a valuable history of the sixth-century Franks.
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This translation is from The History of the Franks by Gregory of Tours, edited by O.M. Dalton Oxford, 1927
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Episodes of Medieval Warfare from the History of the Franks by Gregory of Tours admin | July 7, 2009
De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History » 2009 » July 2009
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Italy, Gregory of Tours produced fine chronicle work amongst the Franks, but after that, historiography,
HISTORIOGRAPHY HERBERT BUTTERFIELD 1968
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The great Brunechildis is treated very unsympathetically—there is almost no echo of the pretty, pure, intelligent girl who came out of Spain into the pages of Gregory of Tours.
The Early Middle Ages 500-1000 Robert Brentano 1964
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The wergeld was an unsafe subject for a joke, as Gregory of Tours has shown with startling finality 8.
The Early Middle Ages 500-1000 Robert Brentano 1964
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An example of this solemn ceremony is told interestingly by Gregory of Tours, 5,
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Reply of a bishop quoted by Gregory of Tours, 9, 33: quia sine consilio parentum eam coniugio copulasti, non erit uxor tua.
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At the time of Gregory of Tours, application was made of sainted reliquaries as a remedy against the devil and his demons.
Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing George Barton Cutten
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Its heroes are at once pagan and Christian; they believe in Christ and in Weland; they fight against the monsters of Scandinavian mythology, and see in them the descendants of Cain; historical facts, such as a battle of the sixth century, mentioned by Gregory of Tours, where the victory remained to the Frankish ancestor, [58] are mixed up with tales of fantastic duels below the waves.
A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand
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[361] See the interesting story of the girl who slew Duke Amalo, as narrated by Gregory of Tours, 9, 27.
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