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The Religious Worlds of the Laity in Late Antique Gaul Also available from Bloomsbury The Role of the Bishop in Late Antiquity: Conflict and Compromise, Andrew Fear, José Fernández Urbiña, Mar Marcos Sanchez Christianity in the Later Roman Empire: A Sourcebook, David M. Gwynn The Religious Worlds of the Laity in Late Antique Gaul Lisa Kaaren Bailey Bloomsbury Academic An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc LONDON • OXFORD • NEW YORK • NEW DELHI • SYDNEY Bloomsbury Academic An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 50 Bedford Square 1385 Broadway London New York WC1B 3DP NY 10018 UK USA www.bloomsbury.com BLOOMSBURY and the Diana logo are trademarks of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc First published 2016 Paperback edition fi rst published 2017 © Lisa Kaaren Bailey, 2016 Lisa Kaaren Bailey has asserted her right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as Author of this work. All rights reserved. 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Typeset by RefineCatch Limited, Bungay, Suffolk Contents Acknowledgements vi Note on Translations vii Abbreviations viii Introduction 1 1 Laity, Clergy and Ascetics 21 2 Environments 53 3 Urban Case- Studies 75 4 Rituals 103 5 Behaviours 117 6 Knowledge and Belief 139 Conclusion 159 Notes 161 Bibliography 221 Index 241 Acknowledgements This project began with a grant from The Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund and was subsequently also supported by the Faculty of Arts, School of Humanities and disciplines of History, and Classics and Ancient History at the University of Auckland. My deepest thanks to all of them for enabling essential travel, research time and trips to conferences. Many people helped it on its way. Philip Abela and the staff at interlibrary loan got me the books I needed. The staff at the British Museum and the Spurlock Museum assisted me in examining artefacts in their collections. Malcolm Choat, Lucy Grig, Stephen Lake, Conrad Leyser, Jaclyn Maxwell, Tom Stevenson, Kevin Uhalde and Marcus Wilson generously shared unpublished work and answered my questions about their research. Liam McDonald, Lisa Hawes, Daniel Knox, Jessica Tearney-Pearce and John Young all provided research assistance at various points and greatly speeded up the process of bringing this together. Rose Crozier worked hard in the final stages to track down references and put semicolons in the right places. Angela Bell, Lucy Grig, Maxine Lewis, Matthew Sinnock and Clare Wilde read drafts of chapters and provided invaluable feedback, comments and suggestions. Rob Bailey read early versions and helped me see what did not make sense, then spent many hours diligently formatting and correcting at the end. Thanks, Dad. My colleagues and students at the University of Auckland listened patiently to my talks about the laity, supplied useful new perspectives and posed challenging questions. The editors and staff at Bloomsbury have been very supportive, while the anonymous readers gave constructive advice to improve the text. The final product reflects all of their contributions and I am grateful to them. Philip Rousseau and Peter Brown taught me which questions were important to ask, even when they were difficult to answer. They and their work inspire me still. My family have supported me throughout, and have offered proofreading, babysitting, comfort and much more besides. Drew and Eleanor have been the best distractions in the world and put things in proper perspective. James is always there for me. I love you, and I appreciate everything you have done to make this possible. Note on Translations For the reader’s convenience I have generally referred to published translations wherever these are available and suitable, although I have supplied my own versions where I felt that appropriate. Scriptural translations are those of the Revised Standard Version unless the primary source departs substantially from that text. Where no translator is noted, the translation is my own. Names of authors are given in Latin versions except where there is a widely accepted Anglicized alternative. Abbreviations AS Acta sanctorum CCSL Corpus christianorum series latina GC Liber in gloria confessorum GM Liber in gloria martyrum FC Fathers of the Church LH Libri historiarum decem MGH AA Monumenta Germaniae historica: Auctores antiquissimi MGH Leges Monumenta Germaniae historica: Leges MGH SRM Monumenta Germaniae historica: Scriptores rerum Merovingicarum PL Patrologiae cursus completus series latina RICG Recueil des inscriptions chrétiennes de la Gaule SC Sources chrétiennes VBM Libri de virtutibus sancti Martini episcopi VJ Liber de passione et virtutibus sancti Iuliani martyris VP Liber vitae patrum
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