5. The Heresy of Priscillianism

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS XI
3. Preface XIII
4. Abbreviations XV
5. 1. Introduction 1
6. I. Local Authority and Central Administration
7. 2. Emperors and Bandits in Roman Gaul 7
8. 3. The Bagaudae: Center and Periphery, a.d. 250-450 25
9. II. Christian Society in Fourth-Century Gaul and Spain
10. 4. The Christian Society of Late Roman Gaul and Spain 57
11. 5. The Heresy of Priscillianism 88
12. III. The Assimilation of Christianity and Society
13. Introduction 115
14. 6. Martin of Tours and the Conversion of Gaul 119
15. 7. The Transformation of the Aristocracy in the Fifth Century 141
16. 8. Sidonius and the Rise of Relic Cults 157
17. IV. The Cult of Relics in Sixth-Century Merovingian Gaul
18. 9. Early Merovingian Gaul: The World of Gregory of Tours 177
19. 10. Relic Cults, Literary Culture, and the Aristocracy 202
20. 11. Sacred Space: The Cult and Church of St. Martin at Tours 230
21. 12. Illness, Healing, and Relic Cults 256
22. 13. Sacred Time: Liturgy and the Christianization of Time 277
23. Epilogue
24. 14. The Fates of Ausonius and Paulinus of Nola 303
25. Select Editions of Ancient Authors 313
26. Bibliography 317
27. Index 341