03303nam 2200625 450 99619912820331620221206160618.01-281-32296-297866113229600-470-70009-20-470-75461-30-470-75456-7(CKB)1000000000536026(EBL)351653(OCoLC)437218865(SSID)ssj0000267899(PQKBManifestationID)11191895(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000267899(PQKBWorkID)10214507(PQKB)11034908(MiAaPQ)EBC351653(MiAaPQ)EBC6992177(Au-PeEL)EBL6992177(EXLCZ)99100000000053602620221206d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVisigothic Spain, 409-711 /Roger CollinsLondon, England ;Malden, Massachusetts :Blackwell Publishing,[2004]©20041 online resource (274 p.)A history of SpainDescription based upon print version of record.0-631-18185-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Visigothic Spain 409-711; Contents; List of Maps; Introduction: Visigothic Spain in the Twenty-first Century; Part I A Political History; 1 From Empire to Kingdom, 409-507; A Turning Point; The Visigoths; The Gothic Conquest of Hispania, 456-507; 2 The Imposition of Unity, 507-586; A Fractured Kingdom; The Reign of Leovigild, 569-586; 3 The Catholic Kingdom, 586-672; Conversion and Reaction, 586-590; Changing Dynasties, 590-642; Kings and the Political Elite, 642-672; 4 The Visigothic Twilight, 672-710; Court Conspiracies, 672-681; The Uneasy Throne, 681-7105 The End of the Visigothic KingdomThe Coming of the Arabs; The Last Kings, 710-713; Part II Society and Culture; 6 Books and Readers; The Legacy of Africa; A Golden Age; 7 Archaeology: Cemeteries and Churches; Goths in the Ground; A Visigothic Architecture?; 8 Archaeology: Rural and Urban Settlements; Country Dwellers; Towns in Transition; 9 Law and Ethnic Identity; The Fog of the Law; Gothia and Hispania; Bibliographical Essay; IndexThis 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 historiographicaHistory of Spain.VisigothsSpainSpainCivilizationTo 711SpainHistoryGothic period, 414-711Visigoths946/.01Collins Roger1949-276079MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996199128203316Visigothic Spain1692308UNISA