{"slug": "gregory-of-tours", "label": "Gregory of Tours", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_of_Tours", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67841", "qid": "Q67841", "description": "Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [516, 594], "span_label": ["516 CE", "594 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 4}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "franks", "label": "Franks", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "fredegund", "label": "Fredegund", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "tours", "label": "Tours", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "theudebert-i", "label": "Theudebert I", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "childebert-ii", "label": "Childebert II", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 516, "year_label": "516 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Hygelac, king of the Geats (Sweden), raids the Lower Rhine, and is defeated by a Frankish force led by Theudebert (according to the \"History of the Franks\").", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357958482#Europe", "title": "516", "revid": 1357958482, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 538, "year_label": "538 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Gregory of Tours, French bishop, historian (d. 594)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351200776#Births", "title": "538", "revid": 1351200776, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 573, "year_label": "573 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Sigibert I appoints Gregory to succeed his mother's cousin, Eufronius, as bishop of Tours (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332331069#Europe", "title": "573", "revid": 1332331069, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 580, "year_label": "580 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Gregory of Tours is brought before a council of bishops, on charges of slandering the Frankish queen Fredegund (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364747518#Religion", "title": "580", "revid": 1364747518, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 589, "year_label": "589 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Childebert II attempts to impose taxes on the citizens of Tours; Bishop Gregory successfully opposes this by claiming state immunity instituted by Fredegund.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366654394#Europe", "title": "589", "revid": 1366654394, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 592, "year_label": "592 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Gregory, bishop of Tours, completes his Historia Francorum (\"History of the Franks\").", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364754934#Literature", "title": "592", "revid": 1364754934, "section": "Events › By topic › Literature"}}, {"year": 594, "year_label": "594 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 17", "text": "November 17 – Gregory of Tours, bishop and historian", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364756331#Deaths", "title": "594", "revid": 1364756331, "section": "Deaths"}}]}