Leadership and Community in Late Ancient Gaul

Author/creator Van Dam, Raymond Author
Other author American Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press
Description350 p. ill 22.600 x 016.100 cm.
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SeriesThe Transformation of the Classical Heritage Ser. Vol. VIII
Summary Annotation 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.
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LCCN 83024321
ISBN9780520078956
ISBN0520078950 (Trade Paper) Active Record
Standard identifier# 9780520078956
Stock number00027125

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