THE FORMATION OF THE AUTHORITY OF BISHOPS IN THE ROMAN GAUL OF FIFTH-CENTURY. A STUDY OF GERMAN OF AUXERRE AND SIDONIUS APOLLINARIS

• Grant number: 13/12597-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: September 01, 2013
• End date: August 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - Ancient and Medieval History
• Principal Investigator: Glaydson José da Silva
• Grantee: Felipe Alberto Dantas
• Host Institution: Escola de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (EFLCH). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Guarulhos. Guarulhos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The goal of this project is to the study of the formation of the authority exercised by the bishops in the context of political reorganization in the Roman Empire of the fifth-century. The study focus on the transition from the power of the Roman secular to the Christian power and Germanic power on territory of Gaul.Will analyze the link between the gradual growth of episcopal authority with the social role occupied by the bishops, as well as the ideas professed by the monks-bishops formed at the monastery of Lérins, that maybe give justification to actions of those, face to news moments experienced by the Empire and its new inhabitants.