The Visigoths in History and Legend

The Visigoths in History and Legend
Title The Visigoths in History and Legend PDF eBook
Author J. N. Hillgarth
Publisher Studies and Texts
Pages 260
Release 2009
Genre History
ISBN

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This book explores one of the central myths of Spain: the idea that Spanish culture arose from that of the Visigoths. It begins with a sketch of Visigothic history, then proceeds to explore attitudes towards the Goths and legends and myths that developed around them from late antiquity to the twentieth century; such ideas proved influential among those who saw the Goths as their spiritual, if not literal, ancestors. The focus is on the myth of the Goths as expressed in literature of a broadly historical nature; many authors have played a significant role in forming and shaping this myth, and thus in shaping the mentality of their contemporaries and descendants. The Gothic myth was of great use to the different monarchies that succeeded the Goths after the Arabic invasion of 711. Visigothic kings were adopted as models by one age after another, from the rudimentary kingdom of Asturias in the ninth century to the world-monarchy of Spain under the Catholic Kings and the Habsburgs. Over the centuries, adroit 'improvements' on history and even outright fabrications influenced the creation of an idealized, epic past to which Spaniards look even today. This study of the evolution and persistence of the myth of Spain's Gothic roots is essential reading for scholars of Spanish history.

Visigothic Spain 409 - 711

Visigothic Spain 409 - 711
Title Visigothic Spain 409 - 711 PDF eBook
Author Roger Collins
Publisher John Wiley & Sons
Pages 272
Release 2008-04-15
Genre History
ISBN 0470754567

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This history of Spain in the period between the end of Roman rule and the time of the Arab conquest challenges many traditional assumptions about the history of this period. Presents original theories about how the Visigothic kingdom was governed, about law in the kingdom, about the Arab conquest, and about the rise of Spain as an intellectual force. Takes account of new documentary evidence, the latest archaeological findings, and the controversies that these have generated. Combines chronological and thematic approaches to the period. A historiographical introduction looks at the current state of research on the history and archaeology of the Visigothic kingdom.

The Visigothic Kingdom in Iberia

The Visigothic Kingdom in Iberia
Title The Visigothic Kingdom in Iberia PDF eBook
Author Santiago Castellanos
Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press
Pages 201
Release 2020-11-13
Genre History
ISBN 0812297423

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The structures of the late ancient Visigothic kingdom of Iberia were rooted in those of Roman Hispania, Santiago Castellanos argues, but Catholic bishops subsequently produced a narrative of process and power from the episcopal point of view that became the official record and primary documentation for all later historians. The delineation of these two discrete projects—of construction and invention—form the core of The Visigothic Kingdom in Iberia. Castellanos reads documents of the period that are little known to many Anglophone scholars, including records of church councils, sermons, and letters, and utilizes archaeological findings to determine how the political system of elites related to local communities, and how the documentation they created promoted an ideological agenda. Looking particularly at the archaeological record, he finds that rural communities in the region were complex worlds unto themselves, with clear internal social stratification little recognized by the literate elites.

The Politics of Identity in Visigothic Spain

The Politics of Identity in Visigothic Spain
Title The Politics of Identity in Visigothic Spain PDF eBook
Author Jamie Wood
Publisher BRILL
Pages 288
Release 2012-03-20
Genre History
ISBN 9004209905

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This book reappraises the historical writings of the seventh-century Spanish bishop Isidore of Seville as a coherent and pastorally-informed programme intended to reconcile the population of Spain to their recent conquest by the barbarian Visigoths.

Bishops, Councils, and Consensus in the Visigothic Kingdom, 589-633

Bishops, Councils, and Consensus in the Visigothic Kingdom, 589-633
Title Bishops, Councils, and Consensus in the Visigothic Kingdom, 589-633 PDF eBook
Author Rachel L. Stocking
Publisher University of Michigan Press
Pages 238
Release 2000
Genre History
ISBN 9780472111336

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Portrays the power struggles among medieval rulers, sacred and profane

The Visigoths

The Visigoths
Title The Visigoths PDF eBook
Author Alberto Ferreiro
Publisher BRILL
Pages 360
Release 1999
Genre History
ISBN 9789004112063

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Coverage includes research on Visigothic identity in Gaul, regional studies of Galacia and Lusitania, anti-Semitism in Visigothic law, the political grammar of Ildephonsus of Toledo, monasticism and liturgy, numismatics, Roman-Visigothic pottery in Baetica, and urban and rural.

Visigothic Kingdom

Visigothic Kingdom
Title Visigothic Kingdom PDF eBook
Author Pacha PANZRAM
Publisher
Pages
Release 2020-12-23
Genre Iberian Peninsula
ISBN 9789463720632

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How did the breakdown of Roman rule in the Iberian Peninsula eventually result in the formation of a Visigothic kingdom with authority centralised in Toledo? This collection of essays challenges the view that local powers were straightforwardly subjugated to the expanding central power of the monarchy. Rather than interpret countervailing events as mere 'delays' in this inevitable process, the contributors to this book interrogate where these events came from, which causes can be uncovered and how much influence individual actors had in this process. What emerges is a story of contested interests seeking cooperation through institutions and social practices that were flexible enough to stabilise a system that was hierarchical yet mutually beneficial for multiple social groups. By examining the Visigothic settlement, the interplay between central and local power, the use of ethnic identity, projections of authority, and the role of the Church, this book articulates a model for understanding the formation of a large and important early medieval kingdom.