... who lived through them. Finally, this essay serves as an argument against the simplistic association of the period of Late Antiquity with disaster. disaster crisis Late Antiquity bishops In fact, generations of historians have argued persuasively against the view that late antique...

...Audrey Becker This essay examines the diplomatic efforts of Gallic bishops with barbarian kings, in the tense period after 406 CE and during the raids of Attila in Gaul in 451. The first part of this essay seeks to understand the narrative strategies at work in five late antique Gallic...

...Cassandra M. M. Casias This article contextualizes the letter that Radegund (c. 520–587 CE), who had been married to the Merovingian king Clothar, wrote to the bishops of Gaul to establish her new convent. Gregory of Tours preserved this letter in his account of the rebellion that erupted...

... responsible for this inscription, likely the bishop Zeno, used a traditional medium to position himself both within the local community and, crucially, in relation to the Visigothic King Euric and his representative, the dux Salla. By highlighting the similarities and differences between the Bridge...