Ritual Communities and Social Cohesion in Merovingian Gaul
Alexander O’Hara
This chapter traces the development of elite sponsorship monastic communities in Merovingian Gaul with a particular focus on seventh century. period witnessed revolution social, religious, and political praxis whereby culture became entangled expression exercise secular authority (and which would have long-lasting consequences for Carolingian world beyond). While this phenomenon has largely been approached from socioeconomic perspectives, contribution explores underlying religious foundations dynamics movement how complimented broader sociological developments. It applies work cultural anthropologist Harvey Whitehouse ritual social cohesion to explain some reasons why transformation practice by Frankish elites took place.
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