Urlacher-Becht on Gaul, Italy and Ep. 1.5

Céline Urlacher-Becht published the article ‘“Gaule” et “Italie” dans les épîtres de la fin Ve-début VIe siècle: stratégies littéraires et enjeux identitaires’ in Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa s. 5, 15/2 (2023) 309-53. Pages 312-19 bear on Ep.…

Corsi and Morvillez on Hospitality

Two articles on hospitality have been published: Cristina Corsi, ‘”Strangers on the way”: hospitalité, identité et défis lors des voyages à la fin de l’Antiquité’, in: Fauchon-Claudon and Le Guennec 2002, 303-20. Éric Morvillez, ‘Louer l’hospitalité des évêques dans l’Antiquité…

Kaufmann on Carm. 41 and Autobiography

Helen Kaufmann, ‘Identity in Latin Verse Autobiography’, in: L. Roig Lanzillotta, J.L. Brandão, C. Teixeira and Á. Rodrigues (eds), Roman Identity: Between Ideal and Performance, ASH 8, Turnhout: Brepols, 2022, 71–90, includes Sidonius Carm. 41 (Ep. 9.16.3) in her discussion…

Santelia on Language and Identity

Stefania Santelia has written an article for a general audience on language and identity: ‘Barbarica verba: riflessioni sulla lingua come elemento di identità’, Salternum 26 (no 48-49) (2022) 55-59.

Reis on Identities and Frontiers

Gabriel Reis’ master thesis at the University of Santa Maria (Brasil) has been published. The book is titled Identitades e Fronteiras na Antiguidade Tardia and investigates power negotiations among Romans based in Gaul and Italy and Germanic people. It is…

Egetenmeyr on Emotions

Just out by Veronika Egetenmeyr: ‘Constructing Emotions and Creating Identities: Emotional Persuasion in the Letters of Sidonius Apollinaris and Ruricius of Limoges’, in: Mateusz Fafinski and Jakob Riemenschneider (eds), The Past Through Narratology: New Approaches to Late Antiquity and the…

Transformations of Romanness

Edited by Walter Pohl and others, a multi-author volume on Romanness in Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages has come out: Transformations of Romanness: Early Medieval Regions and Identities. Ralph Mathisen contributes a chapter on Gaul: ‘“Roman” Identity in…

The Latest on Late Epistolography

Edited by Gernot Michael Müller, a multi-author volume on Latin epistolography in Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages has come out: Zwischen Alltagskommunikation und literarischer Identitätsbildung. Ulrike Egelhaaf-Gaiser contributes a chapter on Sidonius: ‘Vom Epulonenschmaus zum Fest der Worte’.…