Gregory of Tours: Life of the Fathers

Edward James read history at Oxford, and then did research on the archaeology of south-west Gaul in the early Middle Ages. He taught at University College Dublin between 1970 and 1978, and is currently Senior Lecturer in the Department of History, and Co-Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies, at the University of York.

...a valuable and notable contribution to expanding the amount of source materials for Late Antiquity...Patristics

• Preface and AcknowledgementsIntroductionFamily treesMapsTranslation of the Life of the Fathers: PrefaceI About Romanus and Lupicinus, abbotsII About St Illidius, a bishopIII About St Abraham, an abbotIV About St Quintianus, a bishopVAbout St Portianus, an abbotVI About St GaIlus [of Clermont], a bishopVIIAbout St Gregory [of Langres], a bishopVIII About St Nicetius, bishop of LyonsIX About St Patroclus, an abbotX About St Friardus, a recluseXI About St CaIuppa, a recluseXII About St Aemilianus and Brachio, abbotsXIII About St Lupicinus, a recluseXIV About St Martius, an abbotXV About St Senoch, an abbotXVIAbout St Venantius, an abbotXVII About St Nicetius, bishop of the TreveriXVIII About Ursus and Leobatius, abbotsXIX About Monegundis, a nunXX About Leobardus. a recluseAbbreviationsBibliographyIndex of People and Places