The Origins of the Middle Ages

The seminar explores the transformation of the Roman World from the late ancient to the medieval West with a particular focus on Gregory of Tours and his world in the second half of the sixth century. The rich evidence allowd us to study the reconfiguration of the social, religious and political resources of the Roman world in the Frankish kingdoms of the sixth century and their transmission and reception allow us to explore the ongoing social, religious and political experimentation in the most enduring successor-state of the Western Roman empire.