The Visigothic Kingdom In Iberia

Author : Santiago Castellanos
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812252538

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The Visigothic Kingdom in Iberia by Santiago Castellanos Pdf

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.

Author : Pacha PANZRAM
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-23
Category : Iberian Peninsula
ISBN : 9463720634

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Visigothic Kingdom by Pacha PANZRAM Pdf

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.

Author : Roger Collins
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780470754566

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Visigothic Spain 409 - 711 by Roger Collins Pdf

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.

Author : Sabine Panzram,Paulo Pachá
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9789048551064

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The Visigothic Kingdom by Sabine Panzram,Paulo Pachá Pdf

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 these moments to uncover the hidden agency of individuals and local authorities. 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.

Author : Andrew Kurt
Publisher : Late Antique and Early Medieval Iberia
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Money
ISBN : 9462981647

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Minting, State, and Economy in the Visigothic Kingdom by Andrew Kurt Pdf

This study of the Visigothic kingdom monetary system in southern Gaul and Hispania from the fifth century through the Muslim invasion of Spain fills a major gap in the scholarship of late antiquity. Examining all aspects of the making of currency, it sets minting in relation to questions of state - monarchical power, administration and apparatus, motives for money production - and economy. In the context of the later Roman Empire and its successor states in the west, the minting and currency of the Visigoths reveal shared patterns as well as originality. The analysis brings both economic life and the needs of the state into sharper focus, with significant implications for the study of an essential element in daily life and government. This study combines an appreciation for the surprising level of sophistication in the Visigothic minting system with an accessible approach to a subject which can seem complex and abstruse.

Author : J. N. Hillgarth
Publisher : Studies and Texts
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131254356

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The Visigoths in History and Legend by J. N. Hillgarth Pdf

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.

Author : Peter J. Heather
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0851157629

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The Visigoths from the Migration Period to the Seventh Century by Peter J. Heather Pdf

Between 376 and 476 the Roman Empire in western Europe was dismantled by aggressive outsiders, "barbarians" as the Romans labelled them. Chief among these were the Visigoths, a new force of previously separate Gothic and other groups from south-west France, initially settled by the Romans but subsequently, from the middle of the fifth century, achieving total independence from the failing Roman Empire, and extending their power from the Loire to the Straits of Gibraltar. These studies draw on literary and archaeological evidence to address important questions thrown up by the history of the Visigoths and of the kingdom they generated: the historical processes which led to their initial creation; the emergence of the Visigothic kingdom in the fifth century; and the government, society, culture and economy of the "mature" kingdom of the sixth and seventh centuries. A valuable feature of the collection, reflecting the switch of the centre of the Visigothic kingdom from France to Spain from the beginning of the sixth century, is the inclusion, in English, of current Spanish scholarship. Dr PETER HEATHER teaches in the Department of History at University College London. Contributors: Dennis H. Green, Peter Heather, Ana Jimenez Garnica, Giorgio Ausenda, Ian Nicholas Wood, Isabel Velazquez, Felix Retamero, Pablo C. Diaz, Mayke de Jong, Gisela Ripoll Lopez, Andreas Schwarcz

Author : Visigoths
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1910
Category : Law, Visigothic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044038754685

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The Visigothic Code by Visigoths Pdf

Author : Mercedes García-Arenal,Yonatan Glazer-Eytan
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004416826

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Forced Conversion in Christianity, Judaism and Islam by Mercedes García-Arenal,Yonatan Glazer-Eytan Pdf

Forced Conversion in Christianity, Judaism and Islam explores the legal and theological grounds through which Christians, Jews, and Muslims sanctioned and reacted to forcible conversion in premodern Iberia and related settings.

Author : Kim Bergqvist,Kurt Villads Jensen,Anthony John Lappin
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781527554542

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Conflict and Collaboration in Medieval Iberia by Kim Bergqvist,Kurt Villads Jensen,Anthony John Lappin Pdf

Studies of conflict in medieval history and related disciplines have recently come to focus on wars, feuds, rebellions, and other violent matters. While those issues are present here, to form a backdrop, this volume brings other forms of conflict in this period to the fore. With these assembled essays on conflict and collaboration in the Iberian Peninsula, it provides an insight into key aspects of the historical experience of the Iberian kingdoms during the Middle Ages. Ranging in focus from the fall of the Visigothic kingdom and the arrival of significant numbers of Berber settlers to the functioning of the Spanish Inquisition right at the end of the Middle Ages, the articles gathered here look both at cross-ethnic and interreligious meetings in hostility or fruitful cohabitation. The book does not, however, forget intra-communal relations, and consideration is given to the mechanisms within religious and ethnic groupings by which conflict was channeled and, occasionally, collaboration could ensue.

Author : Bernard F. Reilly
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1993-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0521397413

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The Medieval Spains by Bernard F. Reilly Pdf

Tracing the political evolution of the Iberian peninsula from late Roman imperial provinces to monarchies of the mid-fifteenth century, essays on the significant periods of medieval Spain sketch the major political, economic, social and intellectual features of their times.

Author : Brian A. Catlos
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780465093168

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Kingdoms of Faith by Brian A. Catlos Pdf

A magisterial, myth-dispelling history of Islamic Spain spanning the millennium between the founding of Islam in the seventh century and the final expulsion of Spain's Muslims in the seventeenth In Kingdoms of Faith, award-winning historian Brian A. Catlos rewrites the history of Islamic Spain from the ground up, evoking the cultural splendor of al-Andalus, while offering an authoritative new interpretation of the forces that shaped it. Prior accounts have portrayed Islamic Spain as a paradise of enlightened tolerance or the site where civilizations clashed. Catlos taps a wide array of primary sources to paint a more complex portrait, showing how Muslims, Christians, and Jews together built a sophisticated civilization that transformed the Western world, even as they waged relentless war against each other and their coreligionists. Religion was often the language of conflict, but seldom its cause -- a lesson we would do well to learn in our own time.

Author : Olivia Remie Constable,Damian Zurro
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812221688

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Medieval Iberia by Olivia Remie Constable,Damian Zurro Pdf

For some historians, medieval Iberian society was one marked by peaceful coexistence and cross-cultural fertilization; others have sketched a harsher picture of Muslims and Christians engaged in an ongoing contest for political, religious, and economic advantage culminating in the fall of Muslim Granada and the expulsion of the Jews in the late fifteenth century. The reality that emerges in Medieval Iberia is more nuanced than either of these scenarios can comprehend. Now in an expanded, second edition, this monumental collection offers unparalleled access to the multicultural complexity of the lands that would become modern Portugal and Spain. The documents collected in Medieval Iberia date mostly from the eighth through the fifteenth centuries and have been translated from Latin, Arabic, Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic, Castilian, Catalan, and Portuguese by many of the most eminent scholars in the field of Iberian studies. Nearly one quarter of this edition is new, including visual materials and increased coverage of Jewish and Muslim affairs, as well as more sources pertaining to women, social and economic history, and domestic life. This primary source material ranges widely across historical chronicles, poetry, and legal and religious sources, and each is accompanied by a brief introduction placing the text in its historical and cultural setting. Arranged chronologically, the documents are also keyed so as to be accessible to readers interested in specific topics such as urban life, the politics of the royal courts, interfaith relations, or women, marriage, and the family.

Author : Stephen McKenna
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1770831827

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Paganism and Pagan Survivals in Spain by Stephen McKenna Pdf

The purpose of the present study is to describe the struggle against paganism and pagan survival in Spain up to the fall of the Visigothic kingdom in 712. By paganism is here meant not only the worship of the pagan gods, but also the practices associated with pagan worship, such as astrology and magic. An attempt will be made to show the part that political, social and religious factors played in pagan survivals as well as to point out the various manifestations of paganism. This study, it is hoped, will throw light upon a phase of early Spanish history that has not hitherto been adequately treated. It will enable the reader to compare the paganism of Spain with that found in Africa, France, Germany and Italy, in as far as the extant sources and modern studies make such comparison possible.

Author : Damián Fernández,Molly Lester,Jamie Wood
Publisher : Late Antique and Early Medieval Iberia
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9463726411

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Rome and Byzantium in the Visigothic Kingdom by Damián Fernández,Molly Lester,Jamie Wood Pdf

This volume interrogates the assumption that Visigothic practices and institutions were mere imitations of the Byzantine empire. Contributors rethink these practices not as uncritical and derivative adoptions of Byzantine customs, but as dynamic processes in dialogue with not only the Byzantine empire but also with the contemporary Iberian context, as well as the Roman past. The goal of the volume is to approach Visigothic customs not as an uncritical adoption and imitatio of contemporary Roman models (an "acculturation" model), but as unique interpretations of a common pool of symbols, practices, and institutions that formed the legacy of Rome. The contributors argue that it is necessary to reconsider the idea of imitatio imperii as a process that involved specific actors taking strategic decisions in historically contingent circumstances.