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The Visigoths from the Migration Period to the Seventh Century: An Ethnographic Perspective (Studies in Historical Archaeoethnology, 4) (Volume 4) Paperback – November 20, 2003

by Peter Heather (Editor, Contributor), Ana Jimenez Garnica (Contributor), Andreas Schwarcz (Contributor),
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Studies of the advances made by the Visigoths from the decline of the Roman Empire to the seventh century, when their kingdom stretched from the Loire to the Straits of Gibraltar. Studies of the advances made by theVisigoths from the decline of the Roman Empire to the seventh century, when their kingdom stretched from the Loire to the Straits of Gibraltar.

Between 376 and 476 the Roman Empire in western Europe was dismantled by aggressive outsiders, "barbarians" as the Romans labelled them. Chief among these were the Visigoths, a new force of previously separate Gothic and other groups from south-west France, initially settled by the Romans but subsequently, from the middle of the fifth century, achieving total independence from the failing Roman Empire, and extending their power from the Loire to the Straits of Gibraltar.
These studies draw on literary and archaeological evidence to address important questions thrown up by the history of the Visigoths and of the kingdom they generated: the historical processes which led to their initial creation; the emergence of the Visigothic kingdom in the fifth century; and the government, society, culture and economy of the "mature" kingdom of the sixth and seventh centuries. A valuable feature of the collection,reflecting the switch of the centre of the Visigothic kingdom from France to Spain from the beginning of the sixth century, is the inclusion, in English, of current Spanish scholarship.

Dr PETER HEATHER teaches in theDepartment of History at University College London.

Contributors: Dennis H. Green, Peter Heather, Ana Jimenez Garnica, Giorgio Ausenda, Ian Nicholas Wood, Isabel Velazquez, Felix Retamero, Pablo C. Diaz, Mayke de Jong,Gisela Ripoll Lopez, Andreas Schwarcz
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The work of top scholars in Visigothic studies... Using all evidence available, the volume addresses the evolution of the Visigoths in early medieval history. ― CHOICE

Indispensable for all scholars of the Visigoths. ― ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW

Books on the Visigoths and Visigothic Spain in English are rare, so this is a welcome addition to their ranks... wide-ranging collection [which] has much to offer, not just to Spanish studies but to students of late antiquity in general. ― CLASSICAL REVIEW

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Dr PETER HEATHER teaches in the Department of History at University College London.

Contributors: Dennis H. Green, Peter Heather, Ana Jimenez Garnica, Giorgio Ausenda, Ian Nicholas Wood, Isabel Velazquez, Felix Retamero, Pablo C. Diaz, Mayke de Jong, Gisela Ripoll Lopez, Andreas Schwarcz

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Boydell Press; First Edition (November 20, 2003)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 576 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1843830337
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1843830337
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  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.75 x 1.75 x 9.5 inches
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Templarsword
5.0 out of 5 stars Visigoths ... wow
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2020
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!!!!!! Lasted for many centuries before completely erased from history.
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Curt Emanuel
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Collection of Papers and Discussions
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2009
This is a publication of 11 Papers produced for the San Marino Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Social Stress (CIROSS). These papers were given over a three day period among a group of Late Antiquity Researchers.

If anyone purchases this, or another of the Studies in the Historical Archaeoethnology series, you shouldn't expect an overview. That's not its purpose - these are papers on very specific topics dealing with the Visigoths. Some of the topics are related to one another but each is its own subject.

What I particularly enjoy about this series are the discussions. Following each paper all of the presenters at the conference have a round table discussion together. These discussions are transcribed and published in the book. Quite often I learn more from the discussion than I do from the paper.

I won't be summarizing each paper - I start down that road and it won't end until after 5,000 words. The paper titles are generally representative of their respective topics and are all good - particularly because even if there are holes in an argument, this is brought out in the discussion.

The papers given are:

1. "Linguistic Evidence for the Early Migration of the Goths" by Dennis H. Green

2. "The Creation of the Visigoths" by Peter Heather

3. "Settlement of the Visigoths in the Fifth Century" by Ana Maria Jimenez Garcia

4. "Kinship and Marriage Among the Visigoths" by Giorgio Ausenda

5. "Social Relations in the Visigothic Kingdom from the Fifth to the Seventh Century: The Example of Merida" by Ian Wood

6. "Jural Relations as an Indicator of Syncretism from the Law of Inheritance to the Dum Inlicita of Chindaswinth" by Isabel Velazquez

7. "As Coins go Home: Towns, Merchants, Bishops and Kings in Visigothic Hispania" by Felix Retamero

8. "Visigothic Political Institutions" by Pablo C. Diaz

9. "Adding Insult to Injury: Julian of Toledo and his Historia Wambae" by Mayke de Jong

10. "Symbolic Life and Signs of Identity in Visigothic Times" by Gisela Ripoll Lopez

11. "Cult and Religion among the Tervingi and the Visigoths and their Conversion to Christianity" by Andreas Schwarcz

There is also a final chapter titled, "Current Issues and Future Directions in the Study of the Visigoths" which summarizes a discussion among the participants on what needs exist for future research.

One of the most significant things I took from this book is that we just don't know that much about the Visigoths compared to, say, the Franks or Ostrogoths. There have been fewer archaeological discoveries and less textual evidence as well. Compared with the papers in Volume 3 of this series, _Franks and Alamanni_, the conclusions reached by the presenters were much more speculative.

One other thing I took is how far Spanish historians have come since 1975. Under Franco the state of historical research was very poor. In this book five of the presenters were from Spain and wrote papers ranging from credible to excellent.

This is another excellent book in the series (if I could I'd rate it a 4.5). A couple of cautions. First, don't make this one of the first books you read on the Visigoths. You should have a general sense of their origins, sojourns through the Empire and Gaul, and society first. Second, in many ways this set of papers does more to raise questions than answer them. Based on the discussions following the papers, there is much less consensus on various aspects of Visigothic society than in the previous book in this series I read; _Franks and Alamanni_. In many ways this book reads more as a detailed history class - not giving you all the answers, but providing you with a means to find some of the answers. However that doesn't detract from its worth, or from the somewhat voyeuristic enjoyment I received from reading the discussions.
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Good reference book.
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