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

by Yitzhak Hen

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004103473
• ISBN13: 9789004103474
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.7"