| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 317 pages) : maps |
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Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., 22 |
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Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., 22.
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| Contents |
Concordance of Caesarius's Letters -- 1. In search of the vita perfecta. Burgundian Chalon. Family and early life. Lerins -- 2. Late Roman Arles. Roman Arles. Community and religion in Roman Arles. The late Roman city. The beginnings of christianization. Towards ecclesiastical primacy. Visigothic Arles -- 3. The making of a reformer. Caesarius's arrival in Arles. Pomerius and church reform. "The burden of the episcopacy" -- 4. Visigothic Arles and its bishop. Ascetic, patron, and pastor. Exile and the lex Romana Visigothorum. The Council of Agde. The monastery for women and the siege of Arles -- 5. The Ostrogothic peace. The relief of Arles. The aftermath of war and the ransoming of captives. The monastery for women. Ravenna. Rome. Arles: 513-23. The councils of 524-29 -- 6. Christian rhetoric and ritual action. The art of preaching. Sacred space and time. Miracles as communication -- 7. Christianity as a community religion. Defining the Christian community. The spectrum of Christian religiosity. Christian values and social behavior -- 8. The limits of christianization. Peasant society and culture. Peasant religion. Strategies of christianization and depaganization -- 9. The coming of the Franks. Ravenna and Rome: 526-35. Protecting the women's monastery. The Frankish takeover. The death of Caesarius. Arles after Caesarius. Conclusions -- 10. The legacy of Caesarius -- Ancient sources |
| Summary |
This book studies the processes by which the pagan Roman empire was transformed into the Christian middle ages. Drawing on the perspectives of social history, archaeology and anthropology, it focuses on the strategies of Bishop Caesarius of Arles (AD 470-542) to promote Christian values, practices and beliefs among the pagans, Jews and Christians of southern France, and on the resistance provoked by his efforts among the population. This is the first book in English about Caesarius, and the only book to discuss southern Gaul during the sixth century. It examines afresh the crucial years of continuity, disruption, and profound change which followed the end of the Roman empire in the west, and the effects of Caesarius' programme under the later Merovingians and Carolingians |
| Analysis |
Christianity History |
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France |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-311) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Caesarius, of Arles, Saint, 470?-542.
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Caesarius, of Arles, Saint, 470?-542 fast |
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Caesarius Arelatensis 470-542 gnd |
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Césaire d'Arles (saint ; 0470?-0542) -- Biographies. ram |
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Cäsarius (von Arles) swd |
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Christian saints -- France -- Arles -- Biography
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Christian saints
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Christianisierung
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Kerstening.
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Arles (France) -- Biography
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Arles region (France) -- Church history
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France -- Arles
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France -- Arles Region
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Arles
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Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône ; région) -- Histoire religieuse -- Antiquité.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Church history
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780511583872 |
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0511583877 |
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052143095X |
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9780521430951 |
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9780521528528 |
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0521528526 |
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