Shifting ethnic identities in Spain and Gaul, 500-700 : from Romans to Goths and Franks / Erica Buchberger.

Author
Buchberger, Erica, 1979- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2017]
  • ©2017
Description
1 online resource (218 pages).

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Series
  • Late antique and early medieval Iberia ; 4. [More in this series]
  • Late antique and early Medieval Iberia ; 4
Summary note
Traditional scholarship on post-Roman western culture has tended to examine the ethnic identities of Goths, Franks, and similar groups while neglecting the Romans themselves, in part because modern scholars have viewed the concept of being Roman as one denoting primarily a cultural or legal affiliation. As this book demonstrates, however, early medieval 'Romanness' also encompassed a sense of belonging to an ethnic group, which allowed Romans in Iberia and Gaul to adopt Gothic or Frankish identities in a more nuanced manner than has been previously acknowledged in the literature.
Notes
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral) -- University of Oxford.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-211) and index.
Source of description
Print version record.
Contents
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Scholarly Tradition; Methodology; Chapter Breakdown; Terminology; Part I
  • From a Roman to a Gothic World in Visigothic Spain; 1. Arians to Catholics; John of Biclar's Chronicle; Isidore of Seville's History (up to 589); The Third Council of Toledo; The Lives of the Fathers of Mérida; Conclusion: The Evidence Together; 2. Church and State: Isidore and his Influence; Isidore's History (post-589); Church Councils to 654; Conclusion; 3. The Later Seventh Century; Chindaswinth, Recceswinth, and Visigothic Law; Later Councils and Laws; Conclusion.
  • Part II
  • From a Roman to a Frankish World in Merovingian Gaul4. Gregory of Tours; The Late Roman Empire and Clovis' Reign; Contemporary Era; Conclusion; 5. Venantius Fortunatus; Duke Lupus; Leontius II of Bordeaux; The Ruricii; Vilithuta; Duke Launebod; King Charibert; Radegund; Conclusion; 6. Fredegar; Book Three: Rewriting Gregory; Book Four: Fredegar's Original Work; Conclusion; 7. Frankish Hagiography; Caesarius of Arles; Gaugeric of Cambrai; Eligius of Noyon; Conclusion; Conclusion; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index.
ISBN
  • 9789048527441 ((electronic bk.))
  • 9048527449 ((electronic bk.))
  • 9048551242
  • 9789048551248
OCLC
985623509
Doi
  • 10.1515/9789048527441
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