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Historia Francorum ‘History of the Franks’

Gregory of Tours

prose
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Gregory of ToursGregory of Tours

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[ed.] Krusch, Bruno, and Wilhelm Levison [ed.], Gregorii episcopi Turonensis. Libri historiarum X, rev. ed., MGH Scriptores rerum Merovingicarum, 1.1, Hanover, 1951.

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[ed.] Arndt, Wilhelm, and Bruno Krusch, Gregorii episcopi Turonensis. Libri historiarum X, MGH Scriptores rerum Merovingicarum, 1.1, Hanover, 1884.

Earlier edition

[ed.] Omont, Henri, Gaston Collon [eds], and René Poupardin [rev.], Grégoire de Tours. Histoire des Francs, rev. ed., Collection de textes pour servir à l'étude et à l'enseignement de l'histoire, Paris, 1913.

Superseded.

[ed.] Omont, Henri, and Gaston Collon [eds], Grégoire de Tours. Histoire des Francs, 2 vols, Collection de textes pour servir à l'étude et à l'enseignement de l'histoire, Paris, 1886–1893.

[tr.] Thorpe, Lewis, Gregory of Tours. The history of the Franks, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1974.

Translation based on the edition by Omont and Collon (1886-1893).

[tr.] Dalton, O. M. [tr. and intro.], The history of the Franks, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1927.

[tr.] Brehaut, Earnest [tr.], History of the Franks by Gregory, bishop of Tours, Records of Civilization: Sources and Studies, New York: Columbia University Press, 1916.

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