Dreams, Visions, and Spiritual Authority in Merovingian GaulIn early medieval Europe, dreams and visions were believed to reveal divine information about Christian life and the hereafter. No consensus existed, however, as to whether all Christians, or only a spiritual elite, were entitled to have a relationship of this sort with the supernatural. Drawing on a rich variety of sourceshistories, hagiographies, ascetic literature, and records of dreams at saints' shrinesIsabel Moreira provides insight into a