CHAPTER NINE. The Acquisition of Church Office and the Rise of an Ecclesiastical Aristocracy

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. INTRODUCTION. The Barbarians in Gaul: In Search of an Identity 1
5. PART ONE. Setting the Stage: Romans and Barbarians in Conflict
6. CHAPTER ONE. The Aristocratic Background of Late Roman Gaul 9
7. CHAPTER TWO. Gaul, Italy, and Isolationism in the Fifth Century 17
8. CHAPTER THREE. The Barbarian Settlement: Impressions of Harassment, Interference, and Oppression 27
9. PART TWO. Immediate Responses: The Disruption of Old Institutions
10. CHAPTER FOUR. The Intellectual Response: Conflicting Perceptions of the Barbarians 39
11. CHAPTER FIVE. Gallic Traditionalists and the Continued Pursuit of the Roman Ideal 50
12. CHAPTER SIX. Flight and Dislocation, Emigrants and Exiles 58
13. CHAPTER SEVEN. Between Romania and Barbaria: The Barbarian Alternative 67
14. CHAPTER EIGHT. Conflicting Loyalties: Collaborators, Traitors, and the Betrayal of Territory 77
15. PART THREE. Coming to Terms with the Barbarians: The Restructuring of the Gallo-Roman Aristocracy
16. CHAPTER NINE. The Acquisition of Church Office and the Rise of an Ecclesiastical Aristocracy 89
17. CHAPTER TEN. The Pursuit of Literary Studies: A Unifying Element 105
18. CHAPTER ELEVEN. Coming to Terms with the Barbarians 119
19. CHAPTER TWELVE. The Final Resolution: Aristocratic Options in Post-Roman Gaul 132
20. EPILOGUE 144
21. APPENDIX A. Roman Emperors 151
22. APPENDIX B. Barbarian Rulers 153
23. GLOSSARY 155
24. ABBREVIATIONS 159
25. NOTES 161
26. PRIMARY BIBLIOGRAPHY 227
27. SECONDARY BIBLIOGRAPHY 237
28. INDEX 263