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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825724303321

Autore

Kelly Michael J.

Titolo

Isidore of Seville and the Liber Iudiciorum : the struggle for the past in the Visigothic Kingdom / / Michael J. Kelly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

90-04-45001-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World ; ; Volume 80

Disciplina

349.4609021

Soggetti

Law, Visigothic

Spain History Gothic period, 414-711

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : the Isidore-moment, the Liber Iudiciorum, and the schools thesis -- In the beginning : the historyof the historiography of Isidore -- Origins and histories : creating new chains of signification -- The historical Lacunae and Damnatio[nes] Memoriae of the Hispana -- Pinnacle and twilight : the Liber Iudiciorum and the "historical" fulfillment of the Isidore-moment -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Isidore of Seville and the "Liber Iudiciorum" establishes a novel framework for re-interpreting the Liber Iudiciorum (LI), the law-code issued in Toledo by the Visigothic king Recceswinth (649/653-672) in 654. The LI was a manifestation of a vibrant dialectical situation, particularly between two networks of authority, Isidore-Seville and Toledo-Agali, a defining characteristic of the discourse coloring the fabric of writing in Hispania, c. 600-660. To more fully imagine the meaning, significance and purposes of the LI , this book elicits this cooperative competition through a series of four case-studies on writing in the period. In addition to offering an alternative historiography for the LI , this book expands the corpus of "Visigothic Literature" and introduces what the author refers to as "Gothstalgie.".