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Leadership and community in late antique Gaul

Raymond Van Dam

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Frontmatter (page N/A)
Preface (page ix)
Abbreviations (page xi)
1. Introduction (page 1)
I. LOCAL AUTHORITY AND CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION (page 7)
2. Emperors and Bandits in Roman Gaul (page 9)
3. The Bagaudae: Center and Periphery, A.D. 250-450 (page 25)
II. CHRISTIAN SOCIETY IN FOURTH-CENTURY GAUL AND SPAIN (page 57)
4. The Christian Society of Late Roman Gaul and Spain (page 59)
5. The Heresy of Priscillianism (page 88)
III. THE ASSIMILATION OF CHRISTIANITY AND SOCIETY (page 115)
6. Martin of Tours and the Conversion of Gaul (page 119)
7. The Transformation of the Aristocracy in the Fifth Century (page 141)
8. Sidonius and the Rise of Relic Cults (page 157)
IV. THE CULT OF RELICS IN SIXTH-CENTURY MEROVINGIAN GAUL (page 177)
9. Early Merovingian Gaul: The World of Gregory of Tours (page 179)
10. Relic Cults, Literary Culture, and the Aristocracy (page 202)
11. Sacred Space: The Cult and the Church of St. Martin at Tours (page 230)
12. Illness, Healing, and Relic Cults (page 256)
13. Sacred Time: Liturgy and the Christianization of Time (page 277)
EPILOGUE (page 301)
14. The Fates of Ausonius and Paulinus of Nola (page 303)
Select Editions of Ancient Authors (page 313)
Bibliography (page 317)
Index (page 341)

Reviews
Journal Abbreviation	Label	URL
SP	62.4 (Oct. 1987): 999-1002	http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0038-7134%28198710%2962%3A4%3C999%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-P
AHR	91.2 (Apr. 1986): 367-368	http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28198604%2991%3A2%3C367%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-X

Citable Link

Published: c1985

Publisher: University of California Press

ISBN(s)

9780520078956 (paper)

Series

Transformation of the Classical Heritage

Subject

European: 400-1400