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Chapter 1 - Introduction

Popular Culture and the Study of (Late) Ancient History

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2024

Lucy Grig
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University of Edinburgh
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This introductory chapter first defines what is meant by popular culture, with a discussion of different scholarly and theoretical approaches. Next discussion homes in on specifically ancient popular culture, making particular use of relevant comparative material from Pompeii and Aphrodisias. Then the particular geographical and chronological focus of the book – southern Gaul in late antiquity – is introduced, with a discussion of the region’s political and social history in the period. This is followed by an introduction to the dominant figure of Caesarius, bishop of Arles from 502 to 542. The chapter ends with a discussion of sources and guiding methodological principles.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Introduction
  • Lucy Grig, University of Edinburgh
  • Book: Popular Culture and the End of Antiquity in Southern Gaul, c. 400–550
  • Online publication: 15 March 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108868792.001
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  • Introduction
  • Lucy Grig, University of Edinburgh
  • Book: Popular Culture and the End of Antiquity in Southern Gaul, c. 400–550
  • Online publication: 15 March 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108868792.001
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  • Introduction
  • Lucy Grig, University of Edinburgh
  • Book: Popular Culture and the End of Antiquity in Southern Gaul, c. 400–550
  • Online publication: 15 March 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108868792.001
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