Universidad de Alcalá de Henares. Servicio de Publicaciones
Abstract
Las invasiones bárbaras del siglo V y la creciente importancia de la Iglesia
cristiana afectó seriamente a la posición social de la aristocracia de Galia. Este
artículo pone de manifiesto cómo la respuesta aristocrática fue hacer causa común
para asegurar su supervivencia; así utilizaron la ideología cristiana para transmitir un
nuevo sentido a la comunidad aristocrática, permitiéndoles mantener su influencia y
unidad en tiempos posteriores.During the fifth century, with the arrival of the barbarians and the rise of
the Christian church, aristocratic society in Gaul was sorely threatened. This study
argues that Gallic aristocrats responded by making common cause. They compensated
for their fewness in numbers and fostered their own survival by using Christian
ideologies to create a new sense of aristocratic community. In Gaul, this period saw
a reconciliation of apparent inconsistencies. Laymen could act like monks, and
monks like laymen. Monks could became bishops, and bishops could act like monks.
And all were equally approprieate occupations for aristocrats. As a result of their
ability to resolve the potential inconsistencies among these spheres of activity, the
Gauls were able to meet the changes in their world with a unified front, and as were
able to maintain an influential presence on into the Middle Ages