- ISBN: 9780853235880 | 0853235880
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 1/8/2002
Alcimus Ecdicius Avitus, bishop of Vienne from c.494 to c.518, is known for his poetic works, but his Latin prose style has led to some neglect of his letters. This first complete translation of the letters into English gives access to an important source for the history of the Burgundian Kingdom in the early sixth century.
Danuta Shanzer is Professor of Classics and Director of Graduate Studies in Classics at Cornell University Ian Wood is Professor of Early Medieval History at the University of Leeds
| List of Maps and Genealogies | p. xi |
| Abbreviations | p. xiii |
| Glossary | p. xvii |
| Preface | p. xix |
| Introduction | |
| Avitus of Vienne: the Historical Context | p. 3 |
| The Family of Avitus | p. 4 |
| The Life of Avitus | p. 7 |
| Avitus' Theology | p. 10 |
| Avitus and the Burgundian Kingdom | p. 13 |
| The Age of Avitus | p. 24 |
| Manuscripts, Papyrus, and Editions of Avitus' Letters | p. 28 |
| Conspectus of Letters in L and S | p. 31 |
| The Structure of Avitus' Works: Early testimonia about his Whole Oeuvre | p. 39 |
| Format and Transmission | p. 41 |
| Peiper's Editing | p. 45 |
| Short Description of L and Analysis of its Headings | p. 47 |
| Literary Aspects of Avitus' Letter-Collection | p. 58 |
| The Function of Letters | p. 59 |
| Avitus' Letter-Collection | p. 63 |
| Salient Characteristics of the Avitan Collection | p. 65 |
| Avitus' Style | p. 70 |
| Eastern Questions | |
| The Acacian Schism | p. 89 |
| Epistula 2 Contra Eutychianam haeresim 1 | p. 89 |
| Epistula 3 Contra Eutychianam haeresim 2 | p. 106 |
| Epistula 39 Avitus to Senarius, vir illustrissimus | p. 123 |
| Epistula 40 Avitus to Peter, bishop of Ravenna | p. 125 |
| Epistula 41 Avitus to Pope Hormisdas | p. 127 |
| Epistula 42 Pope Hormisdas to Avitus and all of the suffragan bishops of the Viennensis | p. 129 |
| The Laurentius File | p. 134 |
| Epistula 9 Avitus to the patriarch of Constantinople | p. 135 |
| Epistula 46A [Sigismund to Anastasius] | p. 137 |
| Epistula 47 Sigismund to Vitalinus, senator | p. 138 |
| Epistula 48 Avitus to Celer, senator | p. 140 |
| Sigismund and the Emperor | p. 141 |
| Epistula 49 Avitus to Sigismund | p. 141 |
| Epistula 78 Sigismund to the Byzantine emperor (Anastasius) | p. 143 |
| Epistula 93 Sigismund to the Byzantine emperor (Anastasius) | p. 144 |
| Epistula 94 Sigismund to the Byzantine emperor (Anastasius) | p. 149 |
| Relics of the True Cross | p. 154 |
| Epistula 20 Avitus to the pope (Symmachus) | p. 154 |
| Epistula 25 Avitus to the patriarch of Jerusalem | p. 155 |
| The West | |
| The Papacy | |
| The Laurentian Schism | p. 159 |
| Epistula 34 Avitus to Faustus and Symmachus | p. 159 |
| Gundobad, King of the Burgundians | |
| Theological Letters | p. 163 |
| Contra Arrianos | p. 163 |
| Appendix to the Contra Arrianos: The CA and the Lost Dialogus | p. 187 |
| Epistula 4 Avitus to Gundobad 'On sudden penitence' | p. 193 |
| Epistula 21 Gundobad to Avitus | p. 201 |
| Epistula 22 Avitus to Gundobad | p. 202 |
| Epistula 30 Avitus to Gundobad | p. 204 |
| Personal and Legal Matters | p. 208 |
| Epistula 5 Avitus to Gundobad | p. 208 |
| Epistula 6 Avitus to Gundobad (or, less probably, Sigismund) | p. 212 |
| Epistula 44 Avitus to Gundobad | p. 216 |
| Sigismund, Prince and the King of the Burgundians | |
| Theological-Religious Matters | p. 220 |
| Epistula 8 Avitus to the pope | p. 220 |
| Epistula 29 Sigismund to Pope Symmachus | p. 225 |
| Epistula 23 Avitus to Sigismund | p. 227 |
| Epistula 31 Avitus to Sigismund | p. 230 |
| Secular-Temporal Matters | p. 233 |
| Epistula 45 Avitus to Sigismund | p. 233 |
| Epistula 76 Avitus to Sigismund | p. 235 |
| Epistula 77 Avitus to Sigismund | p. 236 |
| Epistula 79 Avitus to Sigismund | p. 237 |
| Epistula 91 Avitus to Sigismund | p. 238 |
| Epistula 92 Avitus to Sigismund | p. 240 |
| Epistula 32 Avitus to Sigismund | p. 241 |
| Close Episcopal Connections | |
| Apollinaris, Bishop of Valence, his Brother | p. 243 |
| Epistula 13 Apollinaris, bishop of Valence, to Avitus | p. 243 |
| Epistula 14 Avitus to Apollinaris, bishop of Valence | p. 245 |
| Epistula 27 Avitus to Apollinaris, bishop of Valence | p. 247 |
| Epistula 61 Avitus to Apollinaris, bishop of Valence | p. 249 |
| Epistula 71 Apollinaris, bishop of Valence, to Avitus | p. 249 |
| Epistula 72 Avitus to Apollinaris, bishop of Valence | p. 250 |
| Epistula 87 Avitus to Apollinaris, bishop of Valence | p. 251 |
| Epistula 88 Avitus to Apollinaris, bishop of Valence | p. 257 |
| Avitus' Poetry and Another Literary Connection | p. 259 |
| Dedicatory Letter for De spiritalis historiae gestis, to Apollinaris, bishop of Valence | p. 259 |
| Dedicatory Letter for De consolatoria castitatis laude, to Apollinaris, bishop of Valence | p. 262 |
| Epistula 15 Avitus to Contumeliosus, bishop of Riez | p. 264 |
| Viventiolus of Lyons | p. 266 |
| Epistula 19 Avitus to Viventiolus, the priest | p. 266 |
| Epistula 57 Avitus to Viventiolus, the rhetor | p. 270 |
| Epistula 59 Avitus to Viventiolus, bishop of Lyons | p. 273 |
| Epistula 67 Avitus to Viventiolus, bishop of Lyons | p. 273 |
| Epistula 68 Viventiolus the bishop to Avitus | p. 274 |
| Epistula 69 Avitus to Viventiolus, bishop of Lyons | p. 274 |
| Epistula 73 Avitus to Viventiolus, bishop of Lyons | p. 275 |
| Maximus of Geneva's Table | p. 276 |
| Epistula 66 Avitus to Maximus, bishop of Geneva | p. 276 |
| Epistula 74 Avitus to Maximus, bishop of Geneva | p. 277 |
| Epistula 86 Leonianus the archdeacon to Sapaudus, vir spectabilis | p. 279 |
| Pastoral Letters to Gallic Bishops | |
| Sexual Crimes and Misdemeanours | p. 285 |
| Epistula 16 Victorius, bishop of Grenoble, to Avitus | p. 285 |
| Epistula 17 Avitus to Victorius, bishop of Grenoble | p. 287 |
| Epistula 18 Avitus to Victorius, bishop of Grenoble | p. 289 |
| Epistula 55 Avitus to Ansemundus, count of Vienne | p. 291 |
| What to do with Heretics? | p. 295 |
| Epistula 7 Avitus to Victorius, bishop of Grenoble | p. 295 |
| Epistula 26 Avitus to Stephanus, bishop of Lyons | p. 302 |
| Epistula 28 Avitus to [Stephanus], bishop of Lyons | p. 303 |
| Legal Matters involving Burgundian Bishops | p. 306 |
| Epistula 70 Avitus the bishop to Constantius, bishop (of Martigny?) | p. 306 |
| Epistula 75 Avitus to Victorius, bishop of Grenoble | p. 307 |
| Epistula 90 Avitus to [left angle bracket]Quintianus[right angle bracket], bishop of Clermont | p. 308 |
| 'Festal' Letters, for example 'Thank-Yous', 'Regrets', to Burgundian Bishops | p. 311 |
| Epistula 58 Avitus to Stephanus, bishop of Lyons | p. 311 |
| Epistula 60 Avitus to Gemellus, bishop of Vaison | p. 312 |
| Epistula 62 Avitus to Victorius, bishop of Grenoble | p. 312 |
| Epistula 63 Avitus to Claudius, bishop of Besancon | p. 313 |
| Epistula 64 Avitus to Gregorius, bishop of Langres | p. 313 |
| Epistula 65 Avitus to Alexandrinus, bishop (missing) | |
| Laymen in Burgundian Territory | |
| Heraclius | p. 315 |
| Epistula 53 Avitus to Heraclius, vir illustrissimus | p. 315 |
| Epistula 54 Heraclius to Avitus | p. 318 |
| Epistula 95 Avitus to Heraclius, vir illustrissimus | p. 320 |
| Epistula 96 Heraclius to Avitus | p. 322 |
| Other Laymen | p. 324 |
| Epistula 37 Avitus to Aurelianus, vir illustris | p. 324 |
| Epistula 50 Avitus to Arigius, vir illustrissimus | p. 326 |
| Epistula 56 Avitus to Messianus, vir illustrissimus | p. 330 |
| Festal Letters to Laymen in Burgundian Territory | p. 331 |
| Epistula 80 Avitus to Ansemundus, vir illustrissimus | p. 331 |
| Epistula 81 Avitus to Ansemundus, vir illustrissimus | p. 332 |
| Epistula 82 Avitus to Valerianus, vir illustrissimus | p. 333 |
| Epistula 83 Avitus to Ceretius, vir illustrissimus | p. 333 |
| Epistula 84 Avitus to Helladius, vir illustris | p. 334 |
| Epistula 85 Avitus to Ruclo, vir illustrissimus | p. 334 |
| The Visigothic Kingdom | |
| Apollinaris, vir illustris, Avitus' Kinsman | p. 337 |
| Epistula 24 Avitus to Apollinaris, vir illustris | p. 337 |
| Epistula 36 Avitus to Apollinaris, vir illustris | p. 338 |
| Epistula 43 Avitus to Eufrasius, bishop of Auvergne | p. 340 |
| Epistula 51 Avitus to Apollinaris, vir illustris | p. 342 |
| Epistula 52 Avitus to Apollinaris, vir illustris | p. 348 |
| External Matters | |
| Prisoners | p. 350 |
| Epistula 10 Avitus to Eustorgius, bishop of Milan | p. 350 |
| Epistula 12 Avitus to Maximus, bishop of Pavia | p. 352 |
| Epistula 35 Avitus to Liberius, Praetorian Prefect of the Gauls | p. 353 |
| A Good Medical Man is Hard to Find | p. 357 |
| Epistula 11 Avitus to Caesarius, bishop of Arles | p. 357 |
| Epistula 38 Avitus to the deacon Helpidius | p. 359 |
| The Frankish Kingdom | |
| The Baptism of Clovis | p. 362 |
| Epistula 46 Avitus to Clovis, king of the Franks | p. 362 |
| To Remigius, bishop of Reims (missing) | |
| Two Homilies | |
| Homily 25 on the Martyrs of Agaune | p. 377 |
| Homily 6 on Rogations | p. 381 |
| Appendices | |
| Avitus' Use of Honorific Forms of Address | p. 391 |
| Textual Changes to Peiper's Edition | p. 407 |
| Listing of Letters in the Order of Peiper's Edition | p. 416 |
| Bibliography | p. 419 |
| Editions of Avitus | p. 419 |
| Primary Sources | p. 419 |
| Secondary Sources | p. 424 |
| Maps and Genealogies | p. 437 |
| Index | p. 440 |
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