Abstract

* Preface * Introduction. The Barbarians in Gaul: In Search of an Identity * Part One. Setting the Stage: Romans and Barbarians in Conflict * Chapter One. The Aristocratic Background of Late Roman Gaul * Chapter Two. Gaul, Italy, and Isolationism in the Fifth Century * Chapter Three. The Barbarian Settlement: Impressions of Harassment, Interference, and Oppression * Part Two. Immediate Responses: The Disruption of Old Institutions * Chapter Four. The Intellectual Response: Conflicting Perceptions of the Barbarians * Chapter Five. Gallic Traditionalists and the Continued Pursuit of the Roman Ideal * Chapter Six. Flight and Dislocation, Emigrants and Exiles * Chapter Seven. Between Romania and Barbaria: The Barbarian Alternative * Chapter Eight. Conflicting Loyalties: Collaborators, Traitors, and the Betrayal of Territory * Part Three. Coming to Terms with the Barbarians: The Restructuring of the Gallo-Roman Aristocracy * Chapter Nine. The Acquisition of Church Office and the Rise of an Ecclesiastical Aristocracy * Chapter Ten. The Pursuit of Literary Studies: A Unifying Element * Chapter Eleven. Coming to Terms with the Barbarians * Chapter Twelve. The Final Resolution: Aristocratic Options in Post-Roman Gaul * Epilogue * Appendix A. Roman Emperors * Appendix B. Barbarian Rulers * Glossary * Abbreviations * Notes * Primary Bibliography * Secondary Bibliography * Index

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