Klasszikus és keresztény értékek a nagybirtokos arisztokrácia lelkiségében a 4. század végi latin Nyugaton
Antique and Christian Values in the Spirituality of Great Western Landowners in the Late Fourth Century

Summary/Abstract: Ausonius, Paulinus and Prudentius were the three greatest poets of the Latin West in the last third of the fourth century. Their families all lived in the region of the Pyrenees, where in the valleys of the Garonne and the Ebro intellectual and religious life flourished. All three were major landowners, and their way of life impinged not only on their spirituality, but also on their Christianity. Their provincial lifestyle is clearly reflected both in their spiritual life and in the poetic expression of their faith. It is from this perspective that I examine the corresponding elements of their texts on the borderlands of cultural and social history, Christian religion, asceticism and monasticism. Texts which have hitherto been treated separately are examined in parallel with regard to the date of their composition, literary genre, the life conditions of their authors, and the geographical proximily of the places where they were written.

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