Gregorius Turonensis: Historian and Political Commentator

Shortly afterwards, Boris was confirmed in his title of Mayor of the Palace by the Queen of the Angles, Saxons, Britons, Picts, and Scots and set about assembling a council to rule the land. Although he had once called him an uncouth and ignorant man, Boris was now a great friend of Donald dux of…

The struggle between Boris son of John and Jeremiah the Qweynt to become Mayor of the Palace now came to a head. As I have told you, many people foretold that Boris would win this conflict and so it came to pass, but not without many a moment of ridicule and futility, as I must…

I could write of many other things about this council but I fear that I would weary you with so many unbelievable tales. Some sermons concerned my own writings but I am sorry to say that they were all very much mistaken. Another for some reason discussed the poetry of Venantius Fortunatus and attracted a…

So many things keep happening in these troubled times that I feel I cannot relate them all. I will return to my History but I must now tell you about a great council that I attended in the Kingdom of the Angles, Saxons, Britons, Picts and Scots. I received my summons to this council with…

Not long afterwards, Jeremiah the Qweynt challenged Boris son of John to another Ordeal of the Stools but that was not the least of his worries. That night, the Watch were called to the dwelling that Boris shared with his latest concubine, a woman who, in the estimation of all, must have been unusually broad-minded.…

As I have told you, there was a great struggle to succeed Theresa the Stubborn as Mayor of the Palace, and after the Battle of Peterburh this began to come to a head. Some more Counts of the Palace had put themselves forward in addition to those of whom I have spoken already. One was…

It gives me no pleasure to record the strife that afflicted the kingdom and the peoples of the Angles, Saxons, Britons, Picts, and Scots but if I do not, meagre though my talent is, who will set down these events for the instruction of future generations? After the departure of Donald, dux of the Aremoricans,…

In the city of Llanelli, which is in the land of the Britons, the people were visited by a plague of flies, like only unto one of the great plagues of Egypt called forth by the Prophet Moses. A huge number of these insects swarmed through the streets, causing great discomfort to the citizens, for…

A great many people have drawn my attention to a story concerning a dispute that occurred in the lands of the Dumnonians, which is now called Devon, at about the same time as the visit of Donald dux to the kingdom of the Angles, Saxons, Britons, Picts, and Scots, saying ‘O woe for the time…

After the public appearance of Donald, dux of the Aremoricans, and his family, Theresa the Stubborn, who had formed a great bitterness because she had been forced to retire to a nunnery, compelled the Queen of the Angles, Saxons, Britons, Picts, and Scots to entertain Donald at a great banquet. Donald arrived in an outlandish…