Gregory of Tour's Decem Libri Historiarum

Gregory of Tour's Decem Libri Historiarum

*Please note that this course will run only if two or more students enroll. 

*Class will begin on Friday, October 10.

Course Description: Gregory of Tours' 'History of the Franks' is the key document tracing the rise of what became the kingdom of France and is one of a cluster of histories charting the development of the 'barbarian' kingdoms as the Roman Empire fragmented and before the emergence of the Holy Roman Empire. This course will read excerpts from the eyewitness account of this bishop of Tours for six weeks and then spend a further four weeks reading Gregory's hagiographical material. Participants should have an impression of the political and spiritual vitality of Merovingian France as well as the waywardness of Gregory's own eccentric Latin style.

DETAILS

Level: Intermediate-Advanced Latin

Textbook: Instructor will provide materials.

Sections capped at: 5 students. If the course is sold-out, please fill out this waiting-list form.

When
Fridays, 6:00-7:00pm US EST

Cost
$250

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Instructor

John Weretka

John Weretka holds undergraduate and graduate qualifications in medieval history, musicology, art history, theology, and Latin, and he recently completed a Master’s degree in Viking Studies with a thesis examining the ethnology of the ‘North’ from Tacitus to the Vínland sagas. He is completing a second Master's degree in Germanic Philology. He has taught extensively for Telepaideia, including courses on Bede’s Ecclesiastical History, Donizo’s Life of Matilda of Tuscany, the works of Athanasius Kircher, texts on Hell, heresy, and apocalypse in the Middle Ages, and the Itinerarium Mentis of St Bonaventure. Perennially interested in languages, current fascinations include Old English, Classical Syriac, Old Norse, and Coptic.