Cemeteries and society in Merovingian Gaul : selected studies in history and archaeology, 1992-2009 / by Guy Halsall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Halsall, Guy.

Series:

Brill's series on the early Middle Ages ; v. 18.

Brill's series on the early Middle Ages, 1879-4879 ; v. 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Merovingians--Social life and customs.

Merovingians.

Merovingians--Funeral customs and rites.

Merovingians--Antiquities.

Archaeology and history--France.

Archaeology and history.

Cemeteries--Gaul--History.

Cemeteries.

Burial--Gaul--History.

Burial.

Funeral rites and ceremonies--Gaul--History.

Funeral rites and ceremonies.

Community life--Gaul--History.

Community life.

France--Antiquities.

France.

Gaul--Social life and customs.

Gaul.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (440 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Seven of Guy Halsall's most important essays on the social interpretation of Merovingian cemetery archaeology are collected in this volume. The opening chapter discusses the relationships between documentary history and archaeology while the subsequent articles cover the interpretation of fourth-century Gallic furnished inhumations, the celebrated burial of King Childeric I, and the ways in which one might 'read' a burial as evidence for ritual. The final part of the book looks at the social history of Merovingian communities as revealed in cemetery evidence, looking at gender, sexuality and age. The reprinted chapters are accompanied by two wholly rewritten pieces and two entirely new articles. Finally, the book contains five extended 'commentaries' on the debates to which these chapters contributed.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / G. Halsall

Introduction / G. Halsall

Chapter One. Archaeology And Historiography / G. Halsall

Commentary One: Archaeology And Its Discontents / G. Halsall

Introduction To Part Two / G. Halsall

Chapter Two. The Origins Of The Reihengräberzivilisation: Forty Years On / G. Halsall

Chapter Three. Archaeology And The Late Roman Frontier In Northern Gaul: The So-Called Föderatengräber Reconsidered / G. Halsall

Commentary Two: Careful With That Axe, Eugenius / G. Halsall

Chapter Four. Childeric’s Grave, Clovis’ Succession, And The Origins Of The Merovingian Kingdom / G. Halsall

Commentary Three: Once More Unto Saint-Brice / G. Halsall

Introduction To Part Three / G. Halsall

Chapter Five. Burial, Ritual And Merovingian Society / G. Halsall

Chapter Six. Burial Writes: Graves, \'Texts\' And Time In Early Merovingian Northern Gaul / G. Halsall

Commentary Four: Ritual And Commemoration / G. Halsall

Chapter Seven. Examining The Christianization Of The Region Of Metz From Archaeological Sources (5th–7th Centuries): Problems, Possibilities And Implications For Anglo-Saxon England / G. Halsall

Introduction To Part Four / G. Halsall

Chapter Eight. Female Status And Power In Early Merovingian Central Austrasia: The Burial Evidence / G. Halsall

Commentary Five: Grave-Goods, Female Status And The Cemetery Of Ennery / G. Halsall

Chapter Nine. Material Culture, Sex, Gender, Sexuality And Transgression In Sixth-Century Gaul / G. Halsall

Chapter Ten. Merovingian Masculinities / G. Halsall

Chapter Eleven. Growing Up In Merovingian Gaul / G. Halsall

Index / G. Halsall.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-95130-0

9786612951305

90-474-4429-9

OCLC:

695989989

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004179998.i-422 DOI