A religiosidade popular na obra de Martinho de Braga (século VI)

Abstract

This article aims to discuss popular religiosity in the Iberian Peninsula during the 6th century, based on the work De Correctione Rusticorum by Martin of Braga (c. 510–579). The study analyzes how the Church sought to organize its structures and combat practices considered pagan within a transitional landscape marked by Germanic migrations and cultural fragmentation. Through the analysis of Martin's instructions, one perceives the tensions between the norms established by the clergy and the resistance of local beliefs and traditions. This reveals a process of syncretism in which ancestral beliefs linked to nature were adapted and integrated into the new Christian order, showing that the medieval countryman never completely abandoned his ancient religiosity.