Format:
XIII, 349 S.
,
Ill.
ISBN:
2503533841
,
9782503533841
Series Statement:
Cultural encounters in late Antiquity and the Middle Ages 13 : Identities in the Latin West
Content:
How were identities created in the early Middle Ages and when did they matter? This book explores different types of sources to understand the ways in which they contributed to making ethnic and religious communities meaningful: historiography and hagiography, biblical exegesis and works of theology, sermons and letters. Thus, it sets out to widen the horizon of current debates on ethnicity and identity. The Christianization and dissolution of the Roman Empire had provoked a crisis of traditional identities and opened new spaces for identification. What were the textual resources on which new communities could rely, however precariously? Biblical models and Christian discourses could be used for a variety of aims and identifications, and the volume provides some exemplary analyses of these distinct voices. Barbarian polities developed in a rich and varied framework of textual 'strategies of identification'
Note:
Beitr. engl., 1 Beitr. dt.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-2-503-54044-3
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Europa
;
Ethnizität
;
Konfession
;
Kulturelle Identität
;
Geschichte 350-900
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
Pohl, Walter 1953-
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