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Perceiving War and the Military in Early Christian Gaul (ca. 400–700 a.d.)
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
List of Abbreviations
I Introduction
II Early Christian Gaul
1. From Late Roman to Merovingian Gaul
2. Late Roman and Merovingian Military
3. Authority and Rulership in Transformation
4. Late Roman and Merovingian Society
5. Conclusion
III Archaeological and Written Evidence
1. The Physical Remains – Nature and Relevance
1.1. War in the Landscape
1.2. Personal Remains
1.3. Inscriptions and Depictions
1.4. Summary
2. The Written Sources – Authors and Intentions
2.1. Fifth-Century Responses to the Crisis
2.2. Exchanges between the Powerful
2.3. Chronicles and Histories
2.4. Lives of the Saints
2.5. Summary
3. Conclusion
IV Perceiving the World of War
1. Warfare according to the Written Testimony
1.1. Spiritual Attitudes
1.2. Secular Perceptions
1.3. The non-Roman Testimony
1.4. Summary
2. Perceiving Military Men
2.1. Writing about Military Men
2.2. Contemporary Assessment of Military Men
2.3. Portraying Military Men
2.4. Summary
3. Contemporary Perceptions of Armed Violence
3.1. Warfare in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
3.2. Participating in Military Activities
3.3. The Non-military Experience of Military Violence
3.4. Thinking Peace
3.5. Summary
4. Conclusion
V The Military and the World of Thought
1. Self-Assessment and Presentation
1.1. A new Terminology
1.2. Changing Military Identities
1.3. Framing the Military Elite
1.4. Summary
2. War and Violence perceived by the Military
2.1. Defining ‘Warfare’ (bellum)
2.2. Taking Part in Armed Conflicts
2.3. Personal and Political Incitements
2.4. War and other Armed Violence
2.5. The Use of Force and Preventions of Violence
2.6. Summary
3. Prevailing in a Militarised Society
3.1. Supremacy
3.2. Association and Subjugation
3.3. Summary
4. Armament in Contemporary Thinking
4.1. Symbolisms attributed to Weapons
4.2. Rituals involving Weapons
4.3. Weapons as a Mark of Identity
4.4. Summary
5. Male Appreciation and Potency
5.1. Physical Attributes
5.2. Names and Male Identity
5.3. Martiality as a Means to Self-Realisation
5.4. Male Appreciation and the Proof of Strengh
5.5. Characterising Male Ideals
5.6. Maintenance and Impairment of Male Worthiness
5.7. Summary
6. Religion in a World of Warriors
6.1. Religion and Military Men
6.2. Military men and the Christian Church
6.3. Clergy and the Warrior
6.4. Summary
7. Conclusion
VI The World of War in Christian Tradition
1. Spiritual Authority
1.1. Rex aeternus
1.2. Earthly Delegates
1.3. Summary
2. The Holy Man – miles Christi
2.1. The Secular and the Spiritual Soldier
2.2. Warlike Saints
2.3. Summary
3. The Spiritual Male
3.1. Beeing Male in a Spiritual Setting
3.2. Spiritual Fighting
3.3. Summary
4. Conclusion
VII Final Analysis and Results
Bibliography
Sources
Literature
Index