All Outputs (3)

‘Holier than thou’: aristocracy, asceticism and the politics of piety in post-Roman Gaul (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dodd, L. (2006, November). ‘Holier than thou’: aristocracy, asceticism and the politics of piety in post-Roman Gaul. Presented at University of Glasgow Classics Research Seminar Series

This paper examines the ways in which late Roman Christian aristocrats used ostentatious displays of asceticism to achieve specific political ends within their communities. It also examines the limits of acceptable asceticism by considering the expul... Read More about ‘Holier than thou’: aristocracy, asceticism and the politics of piety in post-Roman Gaul.

Rejecting romanitas? Sidonius, Syagrius and the politics of language (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dodd, L. (2006, July). Rejecting romanitas? Sidonius, Syagrius and the politics of language. Paper presented at 'Without Let or Hindrance’: Inclusion and its Subversion from the Medieval to the Modern

This paper examines an event described in Letter 5.5 of Sidonius Apollinaris which describes how the Roman aristocrat and lawyer, Syagrius, had broken with tradition and begun taking lessons in the Burgundian language. It demonstrates that this even... Read More about Rejecting romanitas? Sidonius, Syagrius and the politics of language.

The Burgundian regnum and the Roman state (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dodd, L. (2006, April). The Burgundian regnum and the Roman state. Paper presented at Classical Association of England and Wales Annual Conference

An examination of the unusual relationship between the Burgundian kingdom and the Roman state during the 6th century. This paper demonstrates that, far from being antagonistic towards the Roman empire, the Burgundians viewed their kingdom as an exte... Read More about The Burgundian regnum and the Roman state.