Medievalists.net » Visigoths http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 A Created Enemy: ‘Barbarians’ in spite of Religious Conversion. Visigoths and Byzantines in 6th-Century Iberia http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/30/created-enemy-barbarians-spite-religious-conversion-visigoths-byzantines-6th-century-iberia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/30/created-enemy-barbarians-spite-religious-conversion-visigoths-byzantines-6th-century-iberia/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2014 02:05:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54524 This study approaches the concept of resistance as a tool for historical analysis during Roman Late Antiquity, especially with respect to the identity construction and the creation of physical or mental borders between Byzantines and Barbarians.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/30/created-enemy-barbarians-spite-religious-conversion-visigoths-byzantines-6th-century-iberia/feed/ 0 Christianity and the Latin tradition in early Medieval Ireland http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/01/christianity-latin-tradition-early-medieval-ireland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/01/christianity-latin-tradition-early-medieval-ireland/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2014 00:47:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52272 The Christianity which arrived in Ireland with the fifth-century missionaries was more than just a literate religion; it was very much a religion of the book.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/01/christianity-latin-tradition-early-medieval-ireland/feed/ 0 Making a difference in tenth-century politics: King Athelstan’s sisters and Frankish queenship http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/10/making-difference-tenth-century-politics-king-athelstans-sisters-frankish-queenship/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/10/making-difference-tenth-century-politics-king-athelstans-sisters-frankish-queenship/#comments Sat, 10 May 2014 11:59:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49516 In the early years of the tenth century several Anglo-Saxon royal women, all daughters of King Edward the Elder of Wessex (899-924) and sisters (or half-sisters) of his son King Athelstan (924-39), were despatched across the Channel as brides for Frankish and Saxon rulers and aristocrats. This article addresses the fate of some of these women through an analysis of their political identities.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/10/making-difference-tenth-century-politics-king-athelstans-sisters-frankish-queenship/feed/ 0 ‘Waiting Only for a Pretext’: A New Chronology for the Sixth-Century Byzantine Invasion of Spain http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/13/waiting-only-for-a-pretext-a-new-chronology-for-the-sixth-century-byzantine-invasion-of-spain/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/13/waiting-only-for-a-pretext-a-new-chronology-for-the-sixth-century-byzantine-invasion-of-spain/#comments Thu, 13 Feb 2014 20:41:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47530 This article argues that the common modern version of the invasion, in which Byzantine forces arrived in 552, fought on the side of the usurper Athanagild until 555, and then fought against Athanagild for a brief period before concluding a treaty with him, is flawed and, relying on a more precise reading of the sources, proposes a new chronology and narrative, in which Byzantine forces did not arrive until 554.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/13/waiting-only-for-a-pretext-a-new-chronology-for-the-sixth-century-byzantine-invasion-of-spain/feed/ 0 Totila: Theoderic Reborn or Barbarian Belisarius? http://www.medievalists.net/2013/06/18/totila-theoderic-reborn-or-barbarian-belisarius/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/06/18/totila-theoderic-reborn-or-barbarian-belisarius/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:22:36 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=41720 This essay examines the sixth-century Byzantine historian Procopius’ depiction of the Gothic king Totila.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/06/18/totila-theoderic-reborn-or-barbarian-belisarius/feed/ 0 The Price of Alfonso’s Wisdom. Nationalist Translation Policy in Thirteenth-Century Castile http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/10/the-price-of-alfonsos-wisdom-nationalist-translation-policy-in-thirteenth-century-castile/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/10/the-price-of-alfonsos-wisdom-nationalist-translation-policy-in-thirteenth-century-castile/#comments Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:08:57 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39720 First, 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/10/the-price-of-alfonsos-wisdom-nationalist-translation-policy-in-thirteenth-century-castile/feed/ 0 Constantius and the Visigothic Settlement in Gaul http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/21/constantius-and-the-visigothic-settlement-in-gaul/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/21/constantius-and-the-visigothic-settlement-in-gaul/#comments Sat, 22 Sep 2012 02:37:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35872 The 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/21/constantius-and-the-visigothic-settlement-in-gaul/feed/ 0 The Difference A King Makes: Religion And National Unity In Spain http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/03/the-difference-a-king-makes-religion-and-national-unity-in-spain/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/03/the-difference-a-king-makes-religion-and-national-unity-in-spain/#comments Sun, 03 Jun 2012 23:02:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=32383 It 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/03/the-difference-a-king-makes-religion-and-national-unity-in-spain/feed/ 0 The Monastic rules of Visigothic Iberia: a study of their text and language http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/30/the-monastic-rules-of-visigothic-iberia-a-study-of-their-text-and-language/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/30/the-monastic-rules-of-visigothic-iberia-a-study-of-their-text-and-language/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 18:51:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=32244 Studies 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/30/the-monastic-rules-of-visigothic-iberia-a-study-of-their-text-and-language/feed/ 0 The continuity of Roman water supply systems in post-Roman Spain: the case of Valentia, a reliable example? http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/12/the-continuity-of-roman-water-supply-systems-in-post-roman-spain-the-case-of-valentia-a-reliable-example/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/12/the-continuity-of-roman-water-supply-systems-in-post-roman-spain-the-case-of-valentia-a-reliable-example/#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:50:20 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29219 This 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.

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