Leadership and Community in Late Antique Gaul

By:

Raymond Van Dam

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Transformation of the Classical Heritage

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The rise of Christianity to the dominant position it held in the Middle Ages remains a paradoxical achievement. Early Christian communities in Gaul had been so restrictive that they sometimes persecuted misfits with accusations of heresy. Yet by the 15th century, Gallic aristocrats were becoming bishops to enhance their prestige; and by the sixth century, Christian relic cults provided the most comprehensive idiom for articulating values and conventions. To strengthen its appeal, Christianity had absorbed the ideologies secular authority already familiar in Gallic society. This is a picture of Gaul in late Roman and early medieval times.

Author Biography:

Raymond Van Dam is Associate Professor of History at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Release date Australia

March 15th, 1992

Author

Raymond Van Dam

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational

Pages

368

Series

Transformation of the Classical Heritage

Dimensions

152x229x23

ISBN-13

9780520078956

Product ID

7698926

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