Perceiving war and the military in early Christian Gaul (ca. 400-700 A.D.)

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Perceiving War and the Military in Early Christian Gaul (ca. 400-700 a.d.); Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; List of Abbreviations; I Introduction; II Early Christian Gaul; 1. From Late Roman to Merovingian Gaul; 2. Late Roman and Merovingian Military; 3. Authority and Rulership in Transformation; 4. Late Roman and Merovingian Society; 5. Conclusion; III Archaeological and Written Evidence; 1. The Physical Remains

Nature and Relevance; 1.1. War in the Landscape; 1.2. Personal Remains; 1.3. Inscriptions and Depictions; 1.4. Summary. 2. The Written Sources

Authors and Intentions2.1. Fifth-Century Responses to the Crisis; 2.2. Exchanges between the Powerful; 2.3. Chronicles and Histories; 2.4. Lives of the Saints; 2.5. Summary; 3. Conclusion; IV Perceiving the World of War; 1. Warfare according to the Written Testimony; 1.1. Spiritual Attitudes; 1.2. Secular Perceptions; 1.3. The non-Roman Testimony; 1.4. Summary; 2. Perceiving Military Men; 2.1. Writing about Military Men; 2.2. Contemporary Assessment of Military Men; 2.3. Portraying Military Men; 2.4. Summary; 3. Contemporary Perceptions of Armed Violence. 3.1. Warfare in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages3.2. Participating in Military Activities; 3.3. The Non-military Experience of Military Violence; 3.4. Thinking Peace; 3.5. Summary; 4. Conclusion; V The Military and the World of Thought; 1. Self-Assessment and Presentation; 1.1. A new Terminology; 1.2. Changing Military Identities; 1.3. Framing the Military Elite; 1.4. Summary; 2. War and Violence perceived by the Military; 2.1. Defining 'Warfare' (bellum); 2.2. Taking Part in Armed Conflicts; 2.3. Personal and Political Incitements; 2.4. War and other Armed Violence. 2.5. The Use of Force and Preventions of Violence2.6. Summary; 3. Prevailing in a Militarised Society; 3.1. Supremacy; 3.2. Association and Subjugation; 3.3. Summary; 4. Armament in Contemporary Thinking; 4.1. Symbolisms attributed to Weapons; 4.2. Rituals involving Weapons; 4.3. Weapons as a Mark of Identity; 4.4. Summary; 5. Male Appreciation and Potency; 5.1. Physical Attributes; 5.2. Names and Male Identity; 5.3. Martiality as a Means to Self-Realisation; 5.4. Male Appreciation and the Proof of Strengh; 5.5. Characterising Male Ideals; 5.6. Maintenance and Impairment of Male Worthiness. 5.7. Summary6. Religion in a World of Warriors; 6.1. Religion and Military Men; 6.2. Military men and the Christian Church; 6.3. Clergy and the Warrior; 6.4. Summary; 7. Conclusion; VI The World of War in Christian Tradition; 1. Spiritual Authority; 1.1. Rex aeternus; 1.2. Earthly Delegates; 1.3. Summary; 2. The Holy Man

miles Christi; 2.1. The Secular and the Spiritual Soldier; 2.2. Warlike Saints; 2.3. Summary; 3. The Spiritual Male; 3.1. Beeing Male in a Spiritual Setting; 3.2. Spiritual Fighting; 3.3. Summary; 4. Conclusion; VII Final Analysis and Results; Bibliography; Sources