Petite Vie De Saint Remi

Lorsqu'on évoque Clovis et les origines de la France, comment oublier saint Rémi (v. 437-v. 530), évêque de Reims et grande figure de la christianisation ? Comment passer sous silence celui qui, selon la formule devenue légendaire, aurait baptisé le roi des Francs en ces termes célèbres : " Retire humblement tes colliers, Sicambre, adore ce que tu as brûlé, brûle ce que tu as adoré " ? L'approche historique de Patrick Demouy permet justement de faire la part de la légende et des connaissances plus précises que nous possédons aujourd'hui sur saint Rémi. Interrogeant les sources, ce livre évoque tout à la fois la figure épiscopale à l'époque mérovingienne, les liens de Rémi avec Clovis et les pouvoirs de l'époque, et en particulier la question controversée des " Testaments de saint Rémi ". Cette Petite vie de saint Rémi est préfacée par Mgr Gérard Defois, archevêque de Reims.

Late Roman Warlords reconstructs the careers of some of the men who shaped (and were shaped by) the last quarter century of the Western Empire. There is a need for a new investigation of these warlords based on primary sources and including recent historical debates and theories. The difficult sources for this period have been analysed (and translated as necessary) to produce a chronological account, and relevant archaeological and numismatic evidence has been utilised. An overview of earlier warlords, including Aetius, is followed by three studies of individual warlords and the regions they dominated. The first covers Dalmatia and Marcellinus, its ruler during the 450s and 460s. A major theme is the question of Marcellinus' western or eastern affiliations: using an often-ignored Greek source, Penny MacGeorge suggests a new interpretation. The second part is concerned with the Gallic general Aegidius and his son Syagrius, who ruled in northern Gaul, probably from Soissons. This extends to AD 486 (well after the fall of the Western Empire). The problem of the existence or non-existence of a 'kingdom of Soissons' is discussed, introducing evidence from the Merovingian period, and a solution put forward. This section also looks at how the political situation in northern Gaul might throw light on contemporary post-Roman Britain. The third study is of the barbarian patrician Ricimer, defender of Italy, and his successors (the Burgundian prince Gundobad and Orestes, a former employee of Attila) down to the coup of 476 by which Odovacer became the first barbarian king of Italy. This includes discussion of the character and motivation of Ricimer, particularly in relation to the emperors he promoted and destroyed, and of how historians' assessments of him have changed over time.

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Présente une quarantaine d'études consacrées aux thèmes des travaux de M. Rouche et de ses collègues, élèves et amis autour de l'Europe médiévale : famille, mariage et société ; sainteté et christianisation ; guerre et idéologie militaire ; empires et barbares.

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