Gregory of Tours Livres

Gregory of tours wrote this dramatic narrative of sixth-century French history as a chronicle of the events leading up to and including his 21-year tenure as bishop of tours.

Gregory of Tours, acclaimed as the father of French history, also wrote extensively about holy men and women, and about wondrous events--miracles. The conversational stories in Lives and Miracles relate what Gregory viewed as the visible results of holy power, direct or mediated, at work in the world.