商品簡介
This 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 historiographical introduction looks at the current state of research on the history and archaeology of the Visigothic kingdom.
作者簡介
Roger Collins is a Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. His previous publications include The Oxford Archaeological Guide to Spain (1998), Law, Culture and Regionalism in Early Medieval Spain (1992), The Arab Conquest of Spain (Blackwell, 1989) and The Basques (Blackwell, 1986).
目次
Introduction: Visigothic Spain in the Twenty-First Century.
Part I: A Political History:.
1. From Empire to Kingdom.
2. The Imposition of Unity.
3. The Catholic Kingdom.
4. Visigothic Twilight.
5. The End of the Kingdom.
Part II: Society and Culture:.
6. Books and Readers.
7. Archaeology: Cemeteries and Churches.
8. Archaeology: Rural and Urban Settlements.
9. Law and Ethnic Identity.
The Fog of the Law.
Gothia and Hispania.
Bibliographical essay.
Index
