Gregory of Tours

Gregory of Tours (c. 539-594)

"Anyone who does exactly what he wishes is plainly in subjection to none."

• The History of the Franks by Gregory of Tours (Book VI, section 18), translated by Lewis Thorpe. New York: Penguin Classics, 1971.

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Gregory of Tours

Gregory of Tours (c. 539-594)

"The man who achieves what he has set out to do is under an obligation to no one."

• The History of the Franks by Gregory of Tours (Book V, section 43), translated by Lewis Thorpe. New York: Penguin Classics, 1971.

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Gregory of Tours

Gregory of Tours (c. 539-594)

"As for you, who accuse others of injustice, promise first that you yourself will keep the law and the canons."

• The History of the Franks by Gregory of Tours (Book V, section 18), translated by Lewis Thorpe. New York: Penguin Classics, 1971.

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Gregory of Tours

Gregory of Tours (c. 539-594)

"If among all our people there is not one man to be found who can write a book about what is happening today, the pursuit of letters really is dead in us!"

• The History of the Franks by Gregory of Tours (specifically from Gregory's preface), translated by Lewis Thorpe. New York: Penguin Classics, 1971.

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Nithard

Nithard (Frankish nobleman, c. 790s-844/845)

"Once there was abundance and happiness everywhere, now everywhere there is want and sadness. Once even the elements smiled on everything and now they threaten, as Scripture which was left to us as the gift of God, testifies: And the world will wage war against the mad."

• Nithard’s Histories in the Carolingian Chronicles translated by Bernhard Scholz and Barbara Rogers. Ann Arbor Paperbacks / University of Michigan Press, 1972.

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Einhard

Einhard (c. 770-840)
"I do not doubt that there are many people, devoted to contemplation and learning, who think that the circumstances of the present age should not be so neglected that almost everything that happens now - not worthy of any memory - should be condemned to silence and oblivion."

• Two Lives of Charlemagne, respectively by Einhard and Notker th Stammer, translated by David Ganz. New York: Penguin Classics, 2008. 

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