The Visigoths from the Migration Period to the Seventh Century: An Ethnographic PerspectivePeter J. Heather Boydell & Brewer, 1999 - 563 sider 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 |
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INTRODUCTION P Heather | 11 |
Discussion | 32 |
THE CREATION OF THE VISIGOTHS P Heather | 55 |
Discussion | 66 |
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KINSHIP AND MARRIAGE AMONG THE VISIGOTHS G Ausenda | 129 |
History of kinship theories Genealogies | 136 |
SOCIAL RELATIONS IN THE VISIGOTHIC KINGDOM FROM THE FIFTH | 191 |
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Discussion | 356 |
JULIAN OF TOLEDO AND HIS HISTORIA WAMBAE | 373 |
good and bad ritual Purity and danger Public | 390 |
SYMBOLIC LIFE AND SIGNS OF IDENTITY IN VISIGOTHIC TIMES | 403 |
subject Signs of identity or differentiating factors Personal adornments as signs of identity | 431 |
CULT AND RELIGION AMONG THE TERVINGI AND THE VISIGOTHS AND THEIR | 447 |
Discussion | 459 |
JURAL RELATIONS AS AN INDICATOR OF SYNCRETISM FROM THE LAW | 225 |
TOWNS MERCHANTS BISHOPS AND KINGS IN VISIGOTHIC | 271 |
HISPANIA F Retamero 271 | 298 |
Discussion | 305 |
VISIGOTHIC POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS P C Díaz | 321 |
early political structures Toulouse the shadow of the Roman Empire | 335 |
CURRENT ISSUES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN THE STUDY OF VISIGOTHS | 473 |
Location of Visigoths in space and time Dwellings and settlements Kinship and marriage | 524 |
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