Hagiography, Historiography, and Identity in Sixth-Century Gaul

Tamar Rotman specializes in late antique and early medieval history. Her research focuses on the role of hagiography and the cults of saints in the identity discourse of the early Middle Ages, giving special attention to the transmission of knowledge and cultural practices in the Mediterranean sphere. She is a Fulbright and a Rothschild scholar and a visiting scholar at Columbia University.

List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgments /

Introduction
The Cults of Saints
Gregory of Tours and his Work
East and West
The Aims of this Study

1. Gregory of Tours
The Life of Gregory of Tours
Gregory of Tours and his Saints
Martin of Tours
Julian of Brioude
Vita Patrum
The Glory of the Confessors
The Glory of the Martyrs
Autohagiography
Conclusion

2. 'When the Saints Go Marching In': Eastern Saints in Merovingian Gaul
The Italian Evidence
The Eastern Evidence: Glory of the Martyrs
Polycarp
The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus
The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
Sergius
Cosmas and Damian
Phocas
Domitius
George
Isidore
Polyeuctus
The Eastern Evidence: Glory of the Confessors
Conclusion: The Dissemination of the Cults of Saints

3. The Miraculous History of Gregory of Tours
Libri Miraculorum Revisited
Gregory of Tours’s Literary Approach
Gregory of Tours’s Historiographical Perception
From Hagiography to Ecclesiasticcal History
A Brief History of 'Ecclesiastical History'
Historiographical and Literary Context

4. 'By Romans They Refer To…' (Romanos Enim Vocitant): History, Hagiography, and Identity
Whose History Is It Anyway?
Gallo-Christian Identity
Gaul vs. Spain
Gaul vs. the East
Hagiography and Identity
The Martyrologium Hieronymianum

Conclusion
Bibliography
Index