By using our site, you agree to our collection of information through the use of cookies. To learn more, view our Privacy Policy. To browse Academia. This thesis identifies the archaeological and non-archaeological signatures of rural Christianization in the French department of the Yvelines.
It questions the roots of Christianization from the influence of villae and Gallo-Roman cult sites to settlement development, and Gallo-Roman and early medieval necropoleis; it also identifies patterns, ruptures, continuities, and discontinuities as well as historical sequences of Christianization after Antiquity. I have created maps for each step to analyze spatial patterns and determine blank spots in the distribution map; this exercise also allows the identification of potential early churches.
The thesis further discusses the role of monasteries across the early medieval to medieval periods as well as their influence on settlement development, and questions parish growth and parish networks. Special attention is paid to less well-researched areas such as prieures-cures, proprietary churches, and leprosaria.
I also explore the main player This paper considers the dynamics of rural settlement in France during the early Middle Ages, from c. Although it is hardly possible to incorporate the mass of available settlement archaeology into a single interpretative framework, some major trends can evertheless be identified. In the southern part of France, the Roman villa system remained resilient down to c. In the North, those Roman villas which remained occupied underwent drastic changes, and many small timber villages were built during the 6th and 7th century.
A major shift in the later part of the 7th century was marked by a significant growth in village size, a move towards formal planning, with some areas being devoted to corn processing and storage, and the appearance of boundary features, high-status residences and churches. The appearance of outsized seigneuri Due to their widespread presence in the Western hemisphere during the Middle Ages and because they represent two of the main forms of religious life at that time, these structures are the main constituents of the ecclesiastical network during that period.
