How Long to Read Gregory of Tours

How Long Does it Take to Read Gregory of Tours?

It takes the average reader 10 hours and 41 minutes to read Gregory of Tours by Alexander Callander Murray

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Georgius Florentius Gregorius, better known to posterity as Gregory, Bishop of Tours, was born about 538 to a highly distinguished Gallo-Roman family in Clermont in the region of Auvergne. Best known for his 10-book Histories (often called the History of the Franks), Gregory left us detailed accounts of his own times as well as those of the early Merovingian kings, known as the "long-haired kings," who united the Franks and took control of most of Gaul in the late fifth and early sixth century. Although he is one of the most important historians of pre-modern times, the complex, apparently disconnected, elements of Gregory's work are often difficult for today's readers to understand. This selected, new translation is composed of extensive sections from Books II to X and follows in a connected narrative the political events of the Histories from the appearance of the first Merovingian kings, Merovech, Childeric, and Clovis to the last years of the reigns of Guntram and Childebert II in the late sixth century. This book is designed to introduce new readers, and even experienced ones, to the political world (secular and ecclesiastical) of sixth-century Gaul and to provide an up-to-date guide to reading the bishop of Tours' fascinating account of his times. Included in this volume are twenty-one drawings by Jean-Paul Laurens, a nineteenth-century French historical artist and interpreter of the Merovingians.

How long is Gregory of Tours?

Gregory of Tours by Alexander Callander Murray is 619 pages long, and a total of 160,321 words.

This makes it 209% the length of the average book. It also has 196% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Gregory of Tours Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 14 hours and 36 minutes to read Gregory of Tours aloud.

What Reading Level is Gregory of Tours?

Gregory of Tours is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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