HIST-0152 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Patronage, Late Antiquity, Middle Ages
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We spoke about how the late antique church had in confronting the rustic, the countryside. There still is a difference between the town centers and the unwashed. There is an argument about how long it took for xian practices to percolate in these parts. Marrone sides with those who have caution, thing the process extended all the way through (perhaps beyond) the carolingians. 11th century latest, we can"t be sure of the populace"s religion. Christian, it was probably a very different form. Rituals might have largely persisted, or they interpreted the christian rituals in the context of their older spirituality. There was definite general xtian by the late middle ages. We think of beliefs as important, conversion, maybe it wasn"t so much. By the 11th century we are just beginning to see the emergence of powerful forces that might indicate christianization is occuring/has occurred. New piece of evidence that i wasn"t paying attention during.
