Société, politique et religion en Gaule avant la Conquête

Éléments pour une étude anthropologique

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4082153
AutoresStéphane Verger (0009-0009-1787-4066, École Pratique des Hautes Études, autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Volumen80
Número80
Páginas61-82
Fecha de publicación2009-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPallas (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0031-0387 • E-ISSN: 2272-7639
EditorialOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/pallas.1760
OpenAlexW1607914011
IdiomaFR
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas7

The information provided by Caesar in his Commentaries, combined with the more and more pertinent data provided by archaeology, allows to elaborate a global picture of the functioning of the Gaulish society before the Conquest, which is liable to be confronted with the present anthropological studies on the modern tribal societies. We can especially perceive the complexity of the segmental system that documents from the VIth century B.C., the determining place of the rival factiones, the superiority of an aristocratic culture of honour which determines the set of the social practices, and finally the paper of religious mediators carried out by the druids in a society dominated by the exacerbation of the rivalries between great characters

Art · Humanities · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Classical Antiquity Studies