LEADER 03595nam 2200649 a 450 001 996247942203316 005 20221108094140.0 010 $a0-520-34196-1 010 $a0-585-30170-0 010 $a0-520-91281-0 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520341968 035 $a(CKB)1000000000396342 035 $a(dli)HEB01123 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000190093 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11168170 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000190093 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10166154 035 $a(PQKB)11129146 035 $a(DE-B1597)565139 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520341968 035 $a(OCoLC)1224278251 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000003602808 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30771949 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30771949 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000396342 100 $a20020522d1985 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmnummmmuuuu 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLeadership and community in late antique Gaul /$fRaymond Van Dam 205 $aReprint 2020 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc1985 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 350 p. )$cmap ; 225 1 $aThe transformation of the classical heritage ;$v8 300 $aMap on lining papers. 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a0-520-07895-0 311 0 $a0-520-05162-9 320 $aBibliography: p. [317]-340. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tPreface --$tAbbreviations --$t1. Introduction --$tI. Local Authority and Central Administration --$t2. Emperors and Bandits in Roman Gaul --$t3. The Bagaudae: Center and Periphery, A.D. 250-450 --$tII. Christian Society in Fourth-Century Gaul and Spain --$t4. The Christian Society of Late Roman Gaul and Spain --$t5. The Heresy of Priscillianism --$tIII. The Assimilation of Christianity and Society --$tIntroduction --$t6. Martin of Tours and the Conversion of Gaul --$t7. The Transformation of the Aristocracy in the Fifth Century --$t8. Sidonius and the Rise of Relic Cults --$tIV. The Cult of Relics in Sixth-Century Merovingian Gaul --$t9. Early Merovingian Gaul: The World of Gregory of Tours --$t10. Relic Cults, Literary Culture, and the Aristocracy --$t11. Sacred Space: The Cult and Church of St. Martin at Tours --$t12. Illness, Healing, and Relic Cults --$t13. Sacred Time: Liturgy and the Christianization of Time --$tEpilogue --$t14. The Fates of Ausonius and Paulinus of Nola --$tSelect Editions of Ancient Authors --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThe rise of Christianity to the dominant position it held in the Middle Ages remains a paradoxical achievement. Early Christian communities in Gaul had been so restrictive that they sometimes persecuted misfits with accusations of heresy. Yet by the fifth century Gallic aristocrats were becoming bishops to enhance their prestige; and by the sixth century Christian relic cults provided the most comprehensive idiom for articulating values and conventions. To strengthen its appeal, Christianity had absorbed the ideologies of secular authority already familiar in Gallic society. 410 0$aTransformation of the classical heritage ;$v8. 410 0$aACLS Humanities E-Book. 606 $aMerovingians$xHistory 607 $aGaul$y58 B.C.-511 A.D 615 0$aMerovingians$xHistory. 676 $a936.4 700 $aVan Dam$b Raymond$0487736 712 02$aAmerican Council of Learned Societies. 801 0$bMiU 801 1$bMiU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996247942203316 996 $aLeadership and community in late antique Gaul$9283411 997 $aUNISA