Synopses & Reviews
The first translation into English of one of Gregory's eight books of miracle stories, which contains a series of anecdotes about the lives of confessors.
Review
"... a model of its kind... both well and attractively produced."--Journal of Ecclesiastical History
"Van Dam offers us an excellent translation... The notes are a valuable interpretive addition to the text."--Church History
Review
"...a model of its kind... both well and attractively produced."-- Journal of Ecclesiastical History Journal of Ecclesiastical History
Review
"Van Dam offers us an excellent translation... The notes are a valuable interpretive addition to the text."-- Church History Churhc History
Synopsis
Glory of the Confessors 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 evidence, first, for the ways bishops and their congregations manipulated traditions about the early church and, second, for the contemporary functions and meanings of the cults of saints during the sixth century.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [114]-121) and index.
Table of Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
Translation
Bibliography
Index