Culture and religion in Merovingian Gaul, A.D. 481-751

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Culture and religion in Merovingian Gaul, A.D. 481-751

Although often depicted as a barbaric and uncivilised society, with the full pejorative meaning of these words, Merovingian Gaul was clearly a Christian society, and a direct continuation to the Roman civilisation in terms of social standards, morals, and culture.

Using insights provided by social history, archaeology, palaeography, and anthropology, this book studies the problem of christianisation in early medieval Gaul from a cultural point of view.

While exploiting a huge range of primary and secondary material, the author does not confine himself to a functional analysis of various cultural and religious activities in Merovingian Gaul, but goes on to assess the consequences and implications of such activities for the people themselves, and for the subsequent developments in the Carolingian period.

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Publisher
E.J. Brill
Language
English
Pages
308

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [254]-297) and index.

Published in
Leiden, New York
Series
Cultures, beliefs, and traditions,, v. 1

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
944/.013
Library of Congress
DC64 .H46 1995, DC64.H46 1995

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 308 p. ;
Number of pages
308

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL786631M
ISBN 10
9004103473
LCCN
95018889
OCLC/WorldCat
32508366
LibraryThing
2698966
Goodreads
2125053

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL2923293W

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