Gallia docta?

Education and In-/Exclusion in Late Antique Gaul

edited by Tabea L. Meurer and Veronika Egetenmeyr

Book cover: Gallia docta?

Hardback (Published)

(September 2023)

ISBN: 9783161624377

9.09 x 6.06 inches

Price: $113.00

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This volume explores the role education played for societies in late antique Gaul. Which educational communities can be traced? How did education affect in- and exclusion? Through a wide range of sources and case studies, the contributions outline the discursive contours of Gallia docta.


Education is and was a mighty tool for both building communities and barring people from social participation. This volume explores the role education played for late Roman societies especially in Gaul, which was considered a landscape of learning. Numerous literary and material sources document a dynamic educational culture, even though imperial administrative structures were disintegrating by the fifth century and non-Romans were settling in Western provinces. But was Gaul really learned in its entirety? Which different educational communities can be traced? How did education affect processes of in- and exclusion? Thanks to a wide range of case studies, the contributions presented here throw open a window on the societal dimensions of education and frame the discursive outlines of Gallia docta.

  • Edited by Veronika Egetenmeyr
  • Edited by Tabea L Meurer