Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Chronology xvii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Memory of the Dead in Early Christianity 25
7. 2. Visions, Burial, and Memory in the Africa of Saint Augustine 57
8. 3. Almsgiving, Expiation, and the Other World: Augustine and Pelagius, 410–430 AD 83
9. 4. Penance and the Other World in Gaul 115
10. 5. The Other World in This World: Gregory of Tours 149
11. Epilogue: Columbanus, Monasticism, and the Other World 181
12. Notes 213
13. Acknowledgments 249
14. Index 251