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Chapter 4 - Christianizing Popular Culture

The View ‘from the Pulpit’1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2024

Lucy Grig
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University of Edinburgh
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This chapter focuses on popular culture as seen by the late antique church, in particular as visible through the sermons of Caesarius of Arles. First the key features of Caesarius’ opus are introduced, along with the methodological problems it poses for scholars, including a close discussion of Serm. 1. Caesarius’ ideological programme is discussed, including his use of the concepts of rusticitas and imperitia. The bishop’s concern with the bodily habitus of his congregation is considered next, then his attack on scurriltas, singing and dancing as key features of popular culture. This chapter therefore considers popular culture both substantively and discursively, while exploring the ways in which Caesarius and the church sought to appropriate elements of this popular culture, while at the same time seeking to oppose it, in an ongoing dialectic.

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Print publication year: 2024

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  • Christianizing Popular Culture
  • 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/10.1017/9781108868792.004
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  • 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/10.1017/9781108868792.004
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  • Christianizing Popular Culture
  • 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/10.1017/9781108868792.004
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