Leadership and Community in Late Antique Gaul (eBook)

Raymond Van Dam (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
368 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-34196-8 (ISBN)

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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.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</DIV

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.11.2023
• Reihe/Serie: Transformation of the Classical Heritage
• Reihe/Serie: Transformation of the Classical Heritage
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Schlagworte: Ancient history • Ancient Religion • aristocracy and religion • Byzantine culture • christian communities • Christian History • Christianity • christian relics • Christian Studies • churches and cults • 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
• ISBN-10: 0-520-34196-1 / 0520341961
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-34196-8 / 9780520341968