Visigothic Spain, 409-711 /
Between the end of Roman rule in the early fifth century and the Arab conquest in the eighth, Spain's destiny lay with the Visigoths, a confederacy of different ethnic groups formed in the Balkans in the later fourth century. Taking account of important new documentary evidence and of the lates...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford, OX, UK ; Malden, MA, USA :
Blackwell Pub.,
2004.
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| Series: | History of Spain.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Between the end of Roman rule in the early fifth century and the Arab conquest in the eighth, Spain's destiny lay with the Visigoths, a confederacy of different ethnic groups formed in the Balkans in the later fourth century. Taking account of important new documentary evidence and of the latest archaeological findings, the author presents a wealth of original theories, challenging many traditional assumptions about Visigothic Spain - about how the Visigothic kingdom was governed, law in the kingdom, the nature and methods of the Arab conquest, and the rise of Spain as an intellectual force in the West. The book falls into two parts: the first providing a chronological overview of political and military events; the second reviewing the evidence for social life and organization in Visigothic Spain. A historiographical introduction summarizes the current state of research on the history and archaeology of the period. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 263 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-253) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780470754610 0470754613 9780470754566 0470754567 9780631181859 0631181857 1281322962 9781281322968 9786611322960 6611322965 0470700092 9780470700099 |