T. J. Haarhoff’s Schools of Gaul in the last century of the Western Empire studies the educational culture of Roman Gaul during the final period of the Western Roman Empire. Drawing on classical sources, Haarhoff examines the schools, teachers, and curriculum of late antique Gaul, a region notable for its strong tradition of rhetorical and literary education.
The book illuminates how classical learning was preserved and transmitted even as the political order of Rome was collapsing, setting the stage for the survival of culture into the early medieval world. Haarhoff combines scholarship with readable exposition. For readers interested in late antiquity, the history of education, and the transition from the classical to the medieval world, it offers a thoughtful and illuminating study.