Power and religion in Merovingian Gaul : Columbanian monasticism and the Frankish elites

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Power and religion in Merovingian Gaul : Columbanian monasticism and the Frankish elites

Title remainder

Columbanian monasticism and the Frankish elites

Statement of responsibility

Yaniv Fox

Title variation

Power & Religion in Merovingian Gaul

Creator

• Fox, Yaniv, 1975-

Subject

• France -- Church history
• France -- History -- To 987
• Columban, Saint, 543-615
• Monasticism and religious orders -- France -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
• Merovingians

Language

eng

Summary

This study is the first to attempt a thorough investigation of the activities of the Columbanian congregation, which played a significant role in the development of Western monasticism. This was a new form of rural monasticism, which suited the needs and aspirations of a Christian elite eager to express its power and prestige in religious terms. Contrary to earlier studies, which viewed Columbanus and his disciples primarily as religious innovators, this book focuses on the political, economic, and familial implications of monastic patronage and on the benefits elite patrons stood to reap. While founding families were in a privileged position to court royal favour, monastic patronage also exposed them to violent reprisals from competing factions. Columbanian monasteries were not serene havens of contemplation, but rather active foci of power and wealth, and quickly became integral elements of early medieval statecraft.--

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• Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought, 4th ser., 98

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UkCbUP

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

• Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought
• Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Series volume

4th ser., 98