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The church made itself attractive to barbarian elites by converting temporary leaders into hereditary elites whose status could pass to their children.
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Barbarian Elites
The church made itself attractive to barbarian elites by converting temporary leaders into hereditary elites whose status could pass to their children.
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"The church is also a mechanism of social mobility for the barbarians because Roman society, it's very parochial. It's very close -minded. It doesn't..."
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"So it's possible to switch leaders if the leaders aren't performing a good job. What the church does is, in exchange for joining the..."
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