Power and Religion in Merovingian Gaul - Columbanian Monasticism and the Frankish Elites

This book examines the political and social effects brought about by the establishment of Columbanian monasteries in seventh-century Gaul.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The Merovingians; 2. The aristocracy; 3. Monasteries as guardians of family memory; 4. Monasteries as guardians of family property; 5. Monastic identity; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Yaniv Fox is an I-CORE postdoctoral fellow at the Open University of Israel. He took his undergraduate degree at Tel Aviv University in history and communications, followed by a Masters and PhD at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel in early medieval history, during which he was awarded the Negev fellowship. As a doctoral candidate he received the MAHAR award for outstanding article in the humanities, awarded for a paper published on early medieval Europe. After submitting his doctoral dissertation, he received the 2012–13 Rothschild postdoctoral fellowship for the humanities, which allowed him to spend a year as a visiting scholar at the Faculty of History in the University of Cambridge and a Postdoctoral Associate at Clare Hall. Yaniv Fox has taught several courses in early medieval history at the Open University of Israel, Ben-Gurion University, and Achva Academic Campus. His field of interest is early medieval history and, particularly, the history of monastic patronage in the Gibichung and Merovingian kingdoms.

Summary

This is the first thorough investigation of the activities of the Columbanian congregation and their role in the development of Western monasticism. It discusses the tremendous influence Columbanian monasteries had on the formation of the Merovingian elites and on the ways piety and power were expressed in Frankish society.

Product details

• Authors: Yaniv Fox, Yaniv (Open University of Israel) Fox, Fox Yaniv
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781107658424
• ISBN: 978-1-107-65842-4
• No. of pages: 369
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series; Cambridge Studies in Medieval; Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series; Cambridge Studies in Medieval
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; France, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, CE period up to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Church history, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages