Sacred texts of the secular: writing, hearing, and reading Cassiodorus' Variae

S. J. B. Barnish

Sacred texts of the secular: writing, hearing, and reading Cassiodorus' Variae

S. J. B. Barnish

Department of History

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Abstract

From a study of the Variae of Cassiodorus, the use of letters and orations in social control in the late Roman and early middle ages is considered.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	362-370
Journal	Studia Patristica
Volume	38
Publication status	Published - 2001

Keywords

Cassiodorus
Variae
letters
preaching
reading
literary forms
social control

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