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

Erscheinungsjahr 1995
ISBN: 978-90-04-10347-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 310 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 721 g

Reihe: Cultures, Beliefs and Traditions: Medieval and Early Modern Peoples

Although often depicted as a barbaric and uncivilised society, in the full pejorative meaning of these words, Merovingian Gaul was clearly a Christian society and a direct continuation of 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, Dr. Hen 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hen, Yitzhak

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Yitzhak Hen, Ph.D. (1994) in Medieval History, University of Cambridge, teaches medieval history at the University of Haifa. He has published several papers on Merovingian history.