Abstract
Bishopric and Monasteries in Gévaudan during the Early Middle Ages. A reexamination of available sources for the early Middle Ages in Gévaudan allows us to question the territorial consequences of the implantation of Christianism in the city of the Gabales. The first one was the transfer from the capital of Javols, the ancient city, to Mende. Thanks to hagiographical sources in particular, the transfer can be dated to the period between the end of the 6th Century and the 8th Century, and it is possible to reject several hypotheses including that of the temporary seat of the bishopric at Banassac. The change in the center of the city of the Gabales was in large part due to the cult of the martyr Saint Privat which was concentrated in the vicus of Mende. On the scale of the rest of the diocese, the foundation of monastic establishments is the clearest sign of the new organization of space. Analysis of hagiographical sources permits the identification of these monasteries such as that of Saint Hilaire, in the gorges of the Tarn River as well the rejection of the origins of others such as that of Saint Enimie which is probably to be linked to the Peace of God. These sources thus show us the process of reorganization of space around new political and religious centers which gave birth to medieval Gévaudan.
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