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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790551503321

Autore

Sarti Laury

Titolo

Perceiving war and the military in early Christian Gaul (ca. 400-700 A.D.) / / by Laury Sarti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : Brill, , 2013

ISBN

90-04-25805-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (443 p.)

Collana

Brill's series on the early Middle Ages, , 1878-4879 ; ; volume 22

Disciplina

936.4/02

Soggetti

Gaul History, Military

Gaul History 58 B.C.-511 A.D

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Early Christian Gaul -- Archaeological and Written Evidence -- Perceiving the World of War -- The Military and the World of Thought -- The World of War in Christian Tradition -- Final Analysis and Results -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The passage from Antiquity to the Middle Ages has been largely studied in the light of the thesis of a gradual transformation, which is in contradiction of the previous assumption of an abrupt break due to war and general calamity. Perceiving War and the Military reassesses this historical period of transition by an investigation of the contemporary world of thought that examines the impact and significance of a permanently increasing contact with warfare and armed violence. Her studies confirm the assumption of a gradual shift, but they most of all show that the irrevocable end of the Roman Peace was a crucial factor in the late Roman world becoming gradually “medieval”.