Cover
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I: Death
1. Peering into the Invisible World
Death and the Little Boy
Becoming Gregory I
Conclusion
Death and the Aspiring Cleric
Becoming Gregory II
Studium ad ecclesiastica scripta
Conclusion
Death and the Bishop
Death and the Historian?
Bishop, Author, Pastor
Writings and Sermons
Sin, Penance, Grace
Living Holy People
Sinners
Conclusion
Part II: Afterlife
4. Discerning the Denizens of Heaven and Hell
The Saved
Visionaries and Heaven
Communicating Salvation: Migrare and Transire
Hellmates
Signs of Condemnation
Communicating Damnation: Interire, Iudicium Dei, Ultio Divina
Lessons and Warnings for Contemporaries
Conclusion
5. Fathoming the Fates of the Merovingians
Merovingians in Heaven
King Clovis and Queen Clotild
King Theudebert
King Chlodomer
A Mixed Bag: Kings Theuderic, Theudebald, Childebert I, Chlothar I and Prince Chramn
Kings Charibert and Sigibert
Kings Chilperic and Guntram
Conclusion
6. Conclusion
Killer Queen(s)
King Guntram and Gregory’s Unfinished Project
Afterword
Primary Sources
Secondary Works
Index