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The Price of Alfonso’s Wisdom. Nationalist Translation Policy in Thirteenth-Century Castile
Posted on March 10, 2013 | No CommentsFirst, how can we say where and when translation began in any country? The origins of translation are surely to be associated with the first evidence of trade, and trade was certainly carried out in the Spain of the Romans, the Visigoths, and of course the centuries of Islamic domination. -
Constantius and the Visigothic Settlement in Gaul
Posted on September 21, 2012 | No CommentsThe emperor Honorius made an attempt during his reign to calm the turbulent region of Gaul by assigning one of his generals to the area and appointing him as the head of the regions armies. -
The Difference A King Makes: Religion And National Unity In Spain
Posted on June 3, 2012 | No CommentsIt is the end of the Roman period, however, that interests us most. What happened then is a model for the relationship between Church and state that has had an enduring and powerful influence. -
The Monastic rules of Visigothic Iberia: a study of their text and language
Posted on May 30, 2012 | No CommentsStudies on early medieval monasticism have gained ground in recent scholarship.1 However, despite earlier activity,2 interest in early western monastic rules has generally lagged behind. -
The continuity of Roman water supply systems in post-Roman Spain: the case of Valentia, a reliable example?
Posted on February 12, 2012 | No CommentsThis paper will thus be structured in several sections. First it will be necessary to approach the topic of Roman water supply systems as a whole, their direct relationship with urbanism and city-dwellers, and how these monuments were a clear indicator of Romanitas, even in the post-Roman period. -
On the Language of Conversion: Visigothic Spain Revisited
Posted on January 9, 2012 | No CommentsIn fifth-century Spain, the Visigoth conquerors – Christians and Arians – had to live with the native Hispani, who were Roman by culture and law and Catholic by faith. -
Byzantines, Goths and Lombards in Italy: Jewellery, Dress and Cultural Interactions
Posted on December 5, 2011 | No CommentsThe temptation is naturally to seek differences or contrasts from one power to another, to reinforce the conflict and tension identified in contemporary historians. -
Visigoths and Romans: Integration and Ethnicity
Posted on November 15, 2011 | No CommentsThe year was 414 and Galla Placidia, Roman princess and half-sister of Honorius, emperor of the Western Empire, sat next to Athaulf, barbarian king of the Visigoths -
The role of the nobility in the creation of Gallo-Frankish society in the late fifth and sixth centuries AD
Posted on October 9, 2011 | No CommentsThe role of the nobility in the creation of Gallo-Frankish society in the late fifth and sixth centuries AD Wood, Catrin Mair Lewis PhD Thesis, University of Nottingham (2002) Abstract The... -
Germanic Women: Mundium and Property, 400-1000
Posted on September 7, 2011 | No CommentsGermanic Women: Mundium and Property, 400-1000 Dunn, Kimberlee Harper (University of North Texas) M.A. Thesis (Science), University of North Texas, August (2006) Abstract Many historians would like to discover a... -
Jews as pagans? Polemical definitions of identity in Visigothic Spain
Posted on August 2, 2011 | No CommentsJews as pagans? Polemical definitions of identity in Visigothic Spain By Wolfram Drews Early Medieval Europe, Volume 11, Issue 3 (2002) Abstract: A conciliar canon from Visigothic Spain relates that... -
Hispanic Hebrew Poetry: a Bridge between the Bible and Medieval
Posted on August 2, 2011 | No CommentsHispanic Hebrew Poetry: a Bridge between the Bible and Medieval Iberian Literatures Doron, Aviva (University of Haifa) eHumanista: Volume 14, (2010) Abstract While literature tends to reflect historic, religious and... -
Towards Modernity and Absolute Power: Interpretation of Kingship in
Posted on August 2, 2011 | No CommentsTowards Modernity and Absolute Power: Interpretation of Kingship in The Book of the Twelve Wise Men and The Seven Books of Law McLean, Benjamin Transcultural Studies: A Series in Interdisciplinary... -
The Chronica Maiora of Isidore of Seville: An introduction and translation
Posted on August 2, 2011 | No CommentsThe Chronica Maiora of Isidore of Seville: An introduction and translation By Jamie Wood and Sam Koon e-Spania, Vol.6 (2008) Abstract: Isidore of Seville’s Chronica Maiora was written in two... -
HISPANISMS IN THE LANGUAGE OF ISIDORE OF SEVILLE
Posted on July 24, 2011 | No CommentsHISPANISMS IN THE LANGUAGE OF ISIDORE OF SEVILLE Maltby, Robert Hispania terris omnibus felicior: Premesse ed esiti di un processo di integrazione, Pisa (2001) Abstract For the student of late... -
Between Arles, Rome, and Toledo: Gallic collections of canon law in Late Antiquity
Posted on May 8, 2011 | No CommentsBetween Arles, Rome, and Toledo: Gallic collections of canon law ¡n Late Antiquity By Ralph W. Mathisen Fronteras Religiosas entre Roma, Bizancio, Damasco y Toledo. El Nacimiento de Europa y... -
Reasons for Political Instability in the Visigothic Kingdom in Iberia
Posted on February 13, 2011 | No CommentsReasons for Political Instability in the Visigothic Kingdom in Iberia Bourassa, Gillian Washington College Review, Vol.15 (2007) Abstract Europe experienced significant changes during the fourth and fifth centuries of the Common...