"Reges criniti?" The importance of the Merovingian Kings´power in the French chronicle of Gregory of Tours

Abstract

The study analyses the different forms of the presentation of early Merovingian Kings in the chronicle of Gregory of Tours as a mean of the didactic cultivation of the barbarian stereotypes to the framework of the Christian-Ancient cultural tradition.

Keywords

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• Reges
• criniti
• importance
• Merovingian
• Kings´power
• French
• chronicle
• Gregory
• Tours