Caesarius of Arles and the campaign against popular culture in late antiquity
Lucy Grig
This article analyses the preaching of Caesarius Arles (in particular Admonitiones) as a sustained attack on contemporary popular culture. It situates this within question ‘democratization culture’ in late antiquity, an enduring historiographical debate which plays starring role. The analysis focuses detail bishop's programmatic letter, so-called Sermo 1, and unpicks strategies used to stigmatize key aspects culture well considering reception his campaign.
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