Raven, grasshopper and the transformation of pagan temples into churches according to Gregory the Great's instructions Gregory the Great has given a very rich allegorical commentary of the Book of Job. The biblical corvus / raven means the gentilitas black from her sins. And the biblical locusta / grasshopper means sometimes the jewish people, sometimes the gentilitas. These allegories can meet the reality of encounter between pagan and christian during Gregory's times. Gregory bitterly suffer the wars between byzantine and lombard armies in Italy and some Lombards were pagan. But he was also seeking this encounter in order to promote the conversion to christianity. Several cases are examined : the best known is surely the conversion of the...
In the 6th and 7th centuries, Provence was of course strongly linked to roman tradition and was the ...
Recent investigations allow to give a view of Christianization in the countryside or at least of its...
Saint Géry's life, related in a high quality Merovingian document, is an outstanding example of a no...
International audienceThe frequency of the conversion of ancient pagan cult places into churches has...
In Gregory the Great’s spirituality, conversion is not only the central authentic experience of fait...
Gregory the Great's works and thoughts have strongly contribute to shaping the medieval West. The mo...
Geographical conversion ended in our region in the course of the VIIIth century at the latest. Centu...
Pagans, Christians and Heretics in Medieval Europe: Gregory the Great and the Conversion of the Engl...
International audiencePope Gregory the Great's (590-604) Regula pastoralis is a guide to life and pr...
The fact that Greek shrines have been used by Christian communities is part of the wider issue of th...
International audienceRoyal power according to Gregory the Great is exemplified in a passage from th...
La rencontre entre la civilisation égyptienne et la civilisation grecque remonte à une époque antéri...
Gregory the Great's influence in the carolingian times can be traced from Ambrosius Autpertus to the...
Communication publiée.International audienceAmong the birds quoted in the biblical corpus, the raven...
À l’époque carolingienne, la conversion des peuples est surtout un phénomène collectif d’adhésion à ...
In the 6th and 7th centuries, Provence was of course strongly linked to roman tradition and was the ...
Recent investigations allow to give a view of Christianization in the countryside or at least of its...
Saint Géry's life, related in a high quality Merovingian document, is an outstanding example of a no...
International audienceThe frequency of the conversion of ancient pagan cult places into churches has...
In Gregory the Great’s spirituality, conversion is not only the central authentic experience of fait...
Gregory the Great's works and thoughts have strongly contribute to shaping the medieval West. The mo...
Geographical conversion ended in our region in the course of the VIIIth century at the latest. Centu...
Pagans, Christians and Heretics in Medieval Europe: Gregory the Great and the Conversion of the Engl...
International audiencePope Gregory the Great's (590-604) Regula pastoralis is a guide to life and pr...
The fact that Greek shrines have been used by Christian communities is part of the wider issue of th...
International audienceRoyal power according to Gregory the Great is exemplified in a passage from th...
La rencontre entre la civilisation égyptienne et la civilisation grecque remonte à une époque antéri...
Gregory the Great's influence in the carolingian times can be traced from Ambrosius Autpertus to the...
Communication publiée.International audienceAmong the birds quoted in the biblical corpus, the raven...
À l’époque carolingienne, la conversion des peuples est surtout un phénomène collectif d’adhésion à ...
In the 6th and 7th centuries, Provence was of course strongly linked to roman tradition and was the ...
Recent investigations allow to give a view of Christianization in the countryside or at least of its...
Saint Géry's life, related in a high quality Merovingian document, is an outstanding example of a no...