Materials and Cohesion. Rituals and Elements as a part of a Military Identity in Early Medieval Francia

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The presence of the Franks within Late Roman sources became more relevant due to their contacts with the empire. Such contacts took place through the foredera with which these groups served the Western Roman army as foederati. This phenomenon would be repeated several times during the fourth and fif...

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Autor principal: Ruchesi, Fernando
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Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires 2024
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social cohesion
military identity
franks
Early Middle Ages
cohesión social
identidad militar
francos
temprana Edad Media
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spelling I28-R242-article-165682025-03-11T18:50:28Z Materials and Cohesion. Rituals and Elements as a part of a Military Identity in Early Medieval Francia Materiales y cohesión. Rituales y elementos de una identidad militar en la Francia de la temprana Edad Media Ruchesi, Fernando social cohesion military identity franks Early Middle Ages cohesión social identidad militar francos temprana Edad Media The presence of the Franks within Late Roman sources became more relevant due to their contacts with the empire. Such contacts took place through the foredera with which these groups served the Western Roman army as foederati. This phenomenon would be repeated several times during the fourth and fifth centuries. In such a manner, the Franks settled at the empire's Northern frontier, this is, the Rhenish limes During the fifth century, they were part of the contingents that participated of the Battle of the Catalaunian fields, in Aetius’s side. Later, the Salian leaders began to concentrate power and consolidate their position in Northern Gaul: These were the cases of Childeric I (457-481), and Clovis (481-511). This last achievement allowed them to secure their dominion in most of Gaul, even defeating the Visigoths at the Battle of Vouillé. In this context, the Franks were depicted as savage and stubborn by contemporary writers. The descriptions allow us to understand that there was a military identity inherited probably from the participation of the Franks in the late Roman army, an identity that was manifested through symbols and rituals. The aim of this article is to highlight the relation between certain materials as bearers of a kind of identity connected to military matters, and the construction of social cohesion within the context of Merovingian Gaul. In order to do this, I will focus on the analysis of narrative, legal, and canonical sources.  Los francos comenzaron a tener “presencia” en las fuentes romanas tardoantiguas a partir de sus relaciones con el imperio. Esto se dio a través de los foedera por los cuales estos grupos pasaban a servir como foederati para el ejército romano occidental, un fenónemo que se replicaría numerosas veces a lo largo de los siglos IV y V. En este sentido, los francos se habían asentado en la frontera norte del imperio, esto es, el limes renano. Durante el siglo V, formaron parte de los contingentes que participaron de la batalla de los Campos Cataláunicos, en el bando de Aecio. Con posterioridad a este evento, los jefes salios comenzaron a concentrar el poder y cimentar su posición en el norte de la Galia: Se trata de los casos de Childerico I (457-481) y Clodoveo (481-511). Este último logró consolidar el dominio franco en gran parte de la Galia, derrotando a los visigodos en la batalla de Vouillé del 507. En este contexto, los francos fueron retratados con fiereza y obstinación por los narradores contemporáneos.  En este trabajo buscamos caracterizar la relación entre ciertos materiales, portadores o representativos de un determinado tipo de identidad asociada a las cuestiones militares y a la construcción de cohesión social en el contexto de la Galia Merovingia de la Temprana Edad Media. Para ello, analizamos fuentes narrativas, legales y canónicas. Siempre que sea posible, intentaremos comparar la información de la documentación escrita con los restos arqueológicos provenientes de las prácticas del ajuar funerario. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires 2024-12-26 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/analesHAMM/article/view/16568 10.34096/ahamm.v58.2.16568 Anales de Historia Antigua, Medieval y Moderna; Vol. 58 Núm. 2 (2024) 1853-1555 1514-9927 spa http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/analesHAMM/article/view/16568/14046 Derechos de autor 2024 Anales de Historia Antigua, Medieval y Moderna https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
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topic social cohesion
military identity
franks
Early Middle Ages
cohesión social
identidad militar
francos
temprana Edad Media
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military identity
franks
Early Middle Ages
cohesión social
identidad militar
francos
temprana Edad Media
Ruchesi, Fernando
Materials and Cohesion. Rituals and Elements as a part of a Military Identity in Early Medieval Francia
topic_facet social cohesion
military identity
franks
Early Middle Ages
cohesión social
identidad militar
francos
temprana Edad Media
author Ruchesi, Fernando
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title Materials and Cohesion. Rituals and Elements as a part of a Military Identity in Early Medieval Francia
title_short Materials and Cohesion. Rituals and Elements as a part of a Military Identity in Early Medieval Francia
title_full Materials and Cohesion. Rituals and Elements as a part of a Military Identity in Early Medieval Francia
title_fullStr Materials and Cohesion. Rituals and Elements as a part of a Military Identity in Early Medieval Francia
title_full_unstemmed Materials and Cohesion. Rituals and Elements as a part of a Military Identity in Early Medieval Francia
title_sort materials and cohesion. rituals and elements as a part of a military identity in early medieval francia
description The presence of the Franks within Late Roman sources became more relevant due to their contacts with the empire. Such contacts took place through the foredera with which these groups served the Western Roman army as foederati. This phenomenon would be repeated several times during the fourth and fifth centuries. In such a manner, the Franks settled at the empire's Northern frontier, this is, the Rhenish limes During the fifth century, they were part of the contingents that participated of the Battle of the Catalaunian fields, in Aetius’s side. Later, the Salian leaders began to concentrate power and consolidate their position in Northern Gaul: These were the cases of Childeric I (457-481), and Clovis (481-511). This last achievement allowed them to secure their dominion in most of Gaul, even defeating the Visigoths at the Battle of Vouillé. In this context, the Franks were depicted as savage and stubborn by contemporary writers. The descriptions allow us to understand that there was a military identity inherited probably from the participation of the Franks in the late Roman army, an identity that was manifested through symbols and rituals. The aim of this article is to highlight the relation between certain materials as bearers of a kind of identity connected to military matters, and the construction of social cohesion within the context of Merovingian Gaul. In order to do this, I will focus on the analysis of narrative, legal, and canonical sources. 
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