Martyres pacis

La saintete en Gaule a la fin de l'Antiquite et au debut du Moyen Age (IVe-VIe siecles)

by Michel Fauquier

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Extent: 1198 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Classical Studies, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies

Series: Histoire culturelle

Series volume number: 8

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(December 2018)

ISBN: 9782406079446

Price: $103.00

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The elimination of persecution in the Roman Empire, which had become Christian in the fourth century, and the establishment in the fifth and sixth centuries of barbarian kingdoms in the West that were mostly Arian but not very outspoken both raise the question, successfully tackled by the authors, of the possibility of saintliness independent of martyrdom.

  • By (author) Michel Fauquier