From Roman to Merovingian Gaul: A Reader,9781551111025

From Roman to Merovingian Gaul: A Reader

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Pub. Date: 2000-07-01
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and Maps
xiii
Abbreviations xiv
Preface xv
The Early Franks
1(20)
The Earliest Sources
2(1)
Aurelius Victor, From the Emperors (De Caesaribus)
2(1)
From the Latin Panegyrics (Panegyrici Latini)
3(7)
Raiders, Invaders, and Roman Soldiers, a. 354-60
10(1)
I Silvanus the Usurper
10(1)
The History of Ammianus Marcellinus, XV 5
10(2)
II Julian in Gaul: Salians and Chamavi, a. 357-58
12(1)
The Emperor Julian, From his Letter to the Athenians
12(2)
The History of Ammianus Marcellinus, XVII 2, 8
14(2)
Libanios of Antioch, From his Funeral Oration over Julian
16(2)
Eunapius of Sardis, Fragment 18.6
18(2)
III Julian Proclaimed Augustus, a. 360
20(1)
The History of Ammianus Marcellinus, XX 4
20(1)
Orosius on Empire, Barbarians, and Usurpers in the Late Fourth and Fifth Centuries
21(20)
From the Histories against the Pagans
22(19)
Three Gallic Courtiers and Poets: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Patriotism
41(20)
Ausonius of Bordeaux
41(1)
A Ranking of Famous Cities, ca 390
41(6)
Bissula
47(1)
From the Epigrams
48(4)
From the Nuptial Cento: The Deflowering of the Bride
52(3)
Rutilius Cladius Namatianus
55(1)
From His Voyage Home
55(4)
Paulinus of Pella
59(1)
From the Thanksgiving (Eucharisticus)
59(2)
The Antique Chronicle Tradition in the Fifth and Sixth Centuries
61(48)
Prosper of Aquitaine
62(14)
The Gallic Chronicle of 452
76(9)
From the Chronicle of Hydatius
85(13)
The Gallic Chronicle of 511
98(2)
The Chronicle of Marius of Avenches
100(9)
Salvian of Marseilles on God's Judgment
109(30)
On the Governance of God
109(30)
Priscus of Panium on Attila the Hun
139(18)
An Embassy to the Court of Attila, a. 449
139(12)
Attila and the West, a. 450-52
151(4)
Attila's Death, a. 453
155(2)
Fragments and Scraps of Fifth-Century History
157(36)
The Franks and Imperial Politics, a.388-420
157(5)
Sulpicius Alexander
157(2)
Claudian on the Consulship of Stilicho, a.400
159(2)
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus
161(1)
An Anonymous Sketch of the Reign of Honorius
162(1)
Olympiodorus on Galla Placidia and the Goths
163(3)
From the Thanksgiving of Paulinus of Pella: The Sack of Bordeaux and the Siege of Bazas, a. 414/415
166(3)
The Establishment of the Gallic Council of the Seven Provinces, a. 418
169(2)
From the Comedy Querolus: Laws of the Forest Along the Loire
171(2)
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus on Aetius
173(1)
From the Imperial Decrees of the Theodosian Code and Its Interpretatio
174(5)
From the Life of St. Germanus by Constantius of Lyons: Taxes, Alans, and Bacaudae in Farther Gaul
179(2)
From Sidonius Apollinaris's Panegyrics on Avitus and Majorian
181(8)
From Lost Annals of Angers: Aegidius, Childeric, and Odoacer
189(2)
Sales in the Code of Euric, ca. 475
191(2)
The World of Sidonius Apollinaris: From Roman to Visigothic Gaul
193(66)
From the Letters of Sidonius Apollinaris
194(65)
Early Years, Before 467
194(5)
Sidonius Goes to Rome, a. 467-68
199(8)
From Perfect and Patrician to Bishop
207(12)
Sidonius the Bishop
219(14)
Blockade of Clermont, a. 471-74
233(13)
Cession of Clermont and the Auvergne
246
Sidonius, a Subject of Euric
230(25)
Last Thoughts on Latin Culture, History, and Nobility
255(4)
Clovis, King of the Franks, A. 481/2-511
259(28)
Letter of Bishop Remigius of Rheims to Clovis, a. 481/2
260(1)
Letter of Bishop Avitus of Vienne to Clovis Regarding the King's Baptism, ca. 496-99(?)
261(2)
Letter of Bishop Remigius to Clovis on the Death of the King's Sister
263(1)
Three Letters of Theoderic the Great from the Variae of Cassiodorus, a. 506/07
264(3)
Letter of Clovis to Aquitanian Bishops on the King's Peace and Apostolic Letters, a. 507/08
267(1)
Letter of the Bishops of the Council of Orleans to Clovis, a. 511
268(1)
Letter of Bishop Remigius Regarding the Ordination of a certain Claudius, ca. 512
269(1)
Letter of Nicetius, Bishop of Trier, to Chlodoswintha, Queen of the Lombards, ca. 564
270(1)
The Career of Clovis According to Gregory Bishop of Tours (†594)
271(16)
The Histories of Gregory of Tours: The Frankish Kingdom, A. 511-90
287(142)
From the Death of Clovis to the Death of Chlothar I, a. 511-61 (Books III-IV)
289(22)
From the Division of Chlothar's Kingdom to the Death of Sigibert I, a. 561-75 (Book IV)
311(14)
The Reign of Childebert II, a. 576-90 (Books V-X)
325(104)
To the Death of Chilperic, a. 576-84 (October) (Books V-VI)
325(50)
The Aftermath of Chilperic's Death and the Revolt of Gundovald, a. 584 (October)-586 (Books VII-VIII)
375(34)
Revolt in Austrasia and the Fall of Egidius, a. 587-90 (Books IX-X)
409(20)
The World of Gregory of Tours
429(18)
Antique Poetry and the Merovingian Court
429(1)
Venantius Fortunatus Before the Synod of Berny, a. 580: On the Virtues of Chilperic
429(4)
Episcopal Appointments in Gregory of Tours's Histories
433(1)
The Rivalry of Cato and Cautinus in Clermont
433(2)
Cato and Tours
435(1)
Doing it the Wrong Way: A Bishop for Saintes
436(1)
Doing it the Right Way: Avitus, Bishop of Clermont
437(2)
Feuds in Gregory of Tours's Histories
438(1)
Feud in the Family: Silvester's Son and Gregory's Brother Peter, a. 576
439(2)
The Feuds of Sichar, a. 585 and 588
441(3)
Fredegund Buries the Hatchet, a. 591
444(3)
Fredegar on Frankish History, A. 584-642
447(44)
The Sixth Chronicle of Fredegar (Book IV)
448(43)
Kings and Mayors: The Anonymous History of the Franks (LHF) and the Frankish Kingdom, A. 639-727
491(8)
Chapters 43-53 of the History of the Franks (LHF)
492(7)
Sanctity and Politics in the Times of Balthild and Her Sons
499(34)
Queenship, Religion, and Politics
499(1)
The Life of Lady Balthild, Queen
499(5)
A View From Abroad
504(1)
Balthild, Ebroin, and Dagobert II in Stephens' Life of Wilfrid
504(5)
The Politics of Martyrdom in Seventh-Century Saints' Lives
509(1)
The Passion of Leudegar
509(17)
From the Passion of Praejectus
526(7)
Frankish Law
533(56)
The Salic Law (Lex Salica)
533(2)
Wergelds and Compensation
535(4)
Ordinary Procedure
539(5)
Special Procedure I: Tracking and Third-Hand Procedure
544(5)
Special Procedure II: Charging and Interrogating Slaves
549(1)
Miscellaneous Offenses
550(3)
Inheritance
553(4)
Legislation of the Merovingian Kings
557(1)
The Agreement of Childebert I and Chlothar I for Keeping the Peace, a. 511-58
557(3)
The Decree of Childebert II, a. 596
560(4)
Constitution of Chlothar (II?, 584-629)
564(1)
The Edict of Paris of Chlothar II, October 614
565(4)
Ecclesiastical Legislation
569(1)
Clerical Privilege and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in the Canons of Church Councils
569(7)
From the Formularies
576(1)
Angers Fomulary
576(5)
The Formulary of Marculf
581(4)
Royal Charters
585(1)
Dispute Settlement Before the King's Court: A Judgment of Childebert III, a. 709 or 710
585(4)
History, Legend, and Romance
589(44)
The Origins of the Franks and Their Kings
590(1)
Gregory of Tours, Hist. II 9-10
590(1)
Fredegar, Chron. II 4-6, 8-9, and III 2, 9
591(3)
The Anonymous History of the Franks (LHF) 1-5
594(3)
Historical Tales and Historical Romance in Fredegar's Chronicle
597(1)
Aetius, the Huns, and the Goths (II 53)
597(2)
The Deeds of Theoderic the Great (II 56, 57, 59)
599(5)
Chroc Follows His Mother's Advice (II 60)
604(1)
Justinian, Belisarius, And Their Wives (II 62)
605(5)
The Lombards, Narses, and Italy (III 65)
610(1)
Tales of the Early Franks and Their Kings
611(1)
Fredegar's Chronicle
611(1)
Overthrow of Trier (III 7)
611(1)
Childeric and Wiomad (III 11)
612(2)
Basina, Childeric, and Visions in the Night (III 12)
614(1)
Clovis, Aurelianus, and Chlothild (III 18, 19)
615(2)
The Baptism of Clovis (III 21)
617(1)
Paternus, Clovis's Envoy to Alaric (II 58)
617(2)
The Expulsion of Marcatrude by Guntram (III 56)
619(1)
Gogo, Brunhild, and Chrodin (III 57-59)
619(1)
The Death of Sigibert and the Rescue of Childebert II (III 70-72)
620(1)
The Death of Chilperic (III 93)
621(1)
The Anonymous History of the Franks (LHF)
621(1)
Clovis, Aurelianus, and Chlothild (LHF 11-14)
621(3)
From Clovis's Campaign Against the Goths (LHF 17)
624(1)
Fredegund Displaces Audovera (LHF 31)
625(1)
Fredegund, Landeric, and the Death of Chilperic (LHF 35)
626(1)
Fredegund Defeats the Austrasians at Droizy (LHF 36)
627(2)
The Battles of the Orvanne and Zulpich, and the Death of Brunhild (LHF 37-40)
629(1)
Chlothar and Dagobert (LHF 41)
630(3)
Epilogues and Postscripts: From Charles Martel to the End of Merovingian Kingship
633(45)
The Victories of Charles Martel
633(1)
The First Continuator of Fredegar, a. 724-35
633(2)
The Battle of Poitiers in the Mozarabic Chronicle of 754
635(3)
From The Correspondence of Saint Boniface
637(1)
Charles Martel Commends Boniface to all Frankish Officials, a. 723 [XIV, 22]
638(1)
Bishop Daniel of Winchester Advises Boniface on the Method of Conversion, a. 723-24 [XV, 23]
639(2)
Replies of Pope Gregory II to Questions of Boniface, 22 November 726 [XVIII, 26]
641(2)
Pope Gregory III Promotes Boniface to the Rank of Missionary Archbishop and Sends Him the Pallium, ca. 732 [XX, 28]
643(2)
Boniface to Pope Zacharias on the Latter's Accession to the Papacy, early in 742 [XL, 50]
645(4)
A Decree of Carloman, Mayor of the Eastern Franks, Based on Deliberations of Synods in 742 and 743 [XLIV (56)]
649(3)
From Mayoralty to Kingship
652(1)
From the Second and Third Continuation of Fredegar
652(2)
From the Royal Frankish Annals
654(1)
Einhard on the last Merovingians
655(1)
From the Life of Charlemagne
655(23)
Index of Source Types, Authors, and Works 678

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