Leadership and Community in Late Antique Gaul
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ancient history
ancient religion
aristocracy and religion
Author_Raymond Van Dam
byzantine culture
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christian communities
christian history
christian relics
christian studies
christianity
churches and cults
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european emperors
european history
fifth century
gallic aristocrats
gallic society
gaul
history of christianity
history of spain
liturgy history
middle ages
relic cults
religious history
religious studies
sixth century
transformation of the classical heritage
western europe
world history
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- ISBN 9780520078956
- Weight: 544g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 15 Mar 1992
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 fifth 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 of secular authority already familiar in Gallic society.
Raymond Van Dam is Associate Professor of History at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
