IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 622: Creating Communities and Others in and around the Frankish Kingdoms, c. 400-1000, I: Roman Influences
Tuesday 4 July 2017, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Kısmet Press, Leeds |
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Organiser: | Ricky Broome, Leeds Institute for Clinical Trials Research (LICTR), University of Leeds |
Moderator/Chair: | Ricky Broome, Leeds Institute for Clinical Trials Research (LICTR), University of Leeds |
Paper 622-a | Gibichung Subjects and homines extraneae nationis (Language: English) Index terms: Anthropology, Mentalities, Political Thought |
Paper 622-b | Eastern Practices in Merovingian Gaul: Gregory of Tours and Vulfilaic the Stylite of Trier (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Religious Life |
Paper 622-c | An Outsider in Gaul: Mediterranean Currents in the Histories of Gregory of Tours (Language: English) Index terms: Politics and Diplomacy, Religious Life |
Abstract | This session considers the historical and contemporary influences of Rome/Byzantium on perceptions of community and otherness in post-Roman Gaul. Ian Wood examines the categories used by the Gibichung rulers of the Rhône valley when classifying themselves (as barbari), their subjects (as Romans, Burgundians, and barbarians) and other peoples (as belonging to extraneous nations). The other two papers tackle the works of Gregory of Tours. Tamar Rotman investigates Gregory's perception of the holy men known as stylites, both as an eastern phenomenon and - more problematically - closer to home in Trier. Sihong Lin places Gregory within a Mediterranean context, showing that while he may appear sceptical of the world outside his own Gaul, he was clearly engaged with discourses and trends taking place across this wider world. |