Gregory of Tours Listening to King Chilperic's Poetry

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Illustration

Harrison W. Mark
by Jean-Paul Laurens
published on 21 February 2023

Gregory of Tours is forced to listen to the bad poetry of King Chilperic I (r. 561-584) of Neustria. Illustratuon by Jean-Paul Laurensfor the work of Augustin Thierry, Récits des temps mérovingiens (Paris, 1881).

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Laurens, J. (2023, February 21). Gregory of Tours Listening to King Chilperic's Poetry. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17079/gregory-of-tours-listening-to-king-chilperics-poet/

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Laurens, Jean-Paul. "Gregory of Tours Listening to King Chilperic's Poetry." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified February 21, 2023. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17079/gregory-of-tours-listening-to-king-chilperics-poet/.

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Laurens, Jean-Paul. "Gregory of Tours Listening to King Chilperic's Poetry." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 21 Feb 2023. Web. 30 Mar 2023.

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