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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826941003321

Autore

Livermore H. V. <1914-2010.>

Titolo

Twilight of the goths [[electronic resource] ] : the rise and fall of the kingdom of Toledo, c. 565-711 / / by Harold Livermore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK, : Intellect, 2006

ISBN

1-280-70963-4

9786610709632

1-84150-973-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (118 p.)

Disciplina

946.01

946.43

Soggetti

Europe History

Spain History Gothic period, 414-711

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical notes.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Preliminaries; Contents; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - Late Romans and Early Goths; Chapter 3 - The Age of Alaric; Chapter 4 - The Visigoths in Aquitania; Chapter 5 - Sueves, Visigoths and Romans; Chapter 6 - Toledo and St Isidore; Chapter 7 - Visigoths in Triumph; Chapter 8 - The Ruin of Spain; Notes; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Toledo, former capital of Spain until 1560, is now one of the most monumental of Spanish cities. In Roman times, it was originally a modest tribal township, which was eventually elevated to a national capital by the Visigoths (one of two main branches of the Goths, who along with their cousins, the Ostrogoths in South Russia, were considered barbarians across Europe).