Society and culture in late antique Gaul : revisiting the sources / edited by Ralph W. Mathisen and Danuta Shanzer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mathisen, Ralph W., 1947-

Shanzer, Danuta.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Gaul.

Civilization, Ancient.

Physical Description:

xii, 328 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2001]

Contents:

Map of Late Antique Gaul xiii

Part I From Roman to Barbarian Gaul

1 The Visigothic Settlement in Aquitania: Chronology and Archaeology / Andreas Schwarcz 15

2 The Visigothic Settlement in Aquitania: The Imperial Perspective / Michael Kulikowski 26

3 Not the Theodosian Code: Euric's Law and Late Fifth-Century Gaul / Jill Harries 39

4 The Gallic Chronicle of 452: A New Critical Edition with a Brief Introduction / Richard Burgess 52

5 The Gallic Chronicle of 511: A New Critical Edition with a Brief Introduction / Richard Burgess 85

6 The Letters of Ruricius of Limoges and the Passage from Roman to Frankish Gaul / Ralph W. Mathisen 101

7 Childeric's Grave, Clovis' Succession, and the Origins of the Merovingian Kingdom / Guy Halsall 116

8 The Quasi-Imperial Coinage and Fiscal Administration of Merovingian Provence / Kevin Uhalde 134

Part II Religion and Society

9 Sacred Topography: The Impact of the Funerary Basilica in Late Antique Gaul / Bailey Young 169

10 Beyond Hagiography: Epigraphic Commemoration and the Cult of Saints in Late Antique Trier / Mark A. Handley 187

11 Aristocracy and Asceticism: The Letters of Ennodius and the Gallic and Italian Churches / Richard Bartlett 201

12 Bishops, Letters, Fast, Food, and Feast in Later Roman Gaul / Danuta Shanzer 217

Part III Intellectual Life

13 No Place for a Platonist Soul in Fifth-Century Gaul? The Case of Mamertus Claudianus / Charles Brittain 239

14 Avitus of Vienne, The Augustinian Poet / Ian N. Wood 263

15 The Epistula Rustici ad Eucherium: From the Library of Imperial Classics to the Library of the Fathers / Mark Vessey 278

16 Venantius Fortunatus' Elegy on the Death of Galswintha (Carm. 6.5) / Michael Roberts 298.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0754606244

OCLC:

46704156