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[Publication]  John A. Learning and Power in Late Antique Gaul: Classical Education and the End of Roman Rule.

A. John propose de s’intéresser aux impacts des transformations des structures politiques de la Gaule mérovingienne sur l’éducation et la vie intellectuelle.

John A. Learning and Power in Late Antique Gaul: Classical Education and the End of Roman Rule. Cambridge University Press, 2025

This book traces the changing political and social roles of classical education in late antique Gaul. It argues that the collapse of Roman political power in Gaul changed the way education was practiced and perceived by Gallo-Romans. Neither the barbarian kingdoms nor the Church directly caused the decline of classical schools, but these new structures of power did not encourage or support a cultural and political climate in which classical education mattered; while Latin remained the language of the Church, and literacy and knowledge of law were valued by barbarian courts, training in classical grammar and rhetoric was no longer seen as a prerequisite for political power and cultural prestige. This study demonstrates that these fundamental shifts in what education meant to individuals and power brokers resulted in the eventual end of the classical schools of grammar and rhetoric that had once defined Roman aristocratic public and private life.


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ateg (9 mars 2026). [Publication]  John A. Learning and Power in Late Antique Gaul: Classical Education and the End of Roman Rule. Antiquité tardive en Gaule. Consulté le 14 mai 2026 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/15u43


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