Excerpt from Gregory the Great, Vol. 1 of 2: His Place in History and Thought Such are the original authorities which bear directly on the life of Gregory. But besides these I have frequently referred to many others which, more or less indirectly, throw light upon my subject. The works of such authors as Cassiodorus, Evagrius, Procopius, Gregory of Tours, Paul the Deacon, Theophylact, Isidore, and Theophanes, to say nothing of the lesser contemporary chroniclers and biographers and the later Byzantine historians, can of course be neglected by no serious student of this period. Of these writers, however, I need not here supply a complete list; whenever I have had occasion to quote them I have supplied the reference in my notes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.