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The Battle of Vouillé, 507 CE

Where France Began
  • Edited by: Ralph W. Mathisen and Danuta Shanzer
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2012
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This volume highlights the heretofore largely neglected Battle of Vouillé in 507 CE, when the Frankish King Clovis defeated Alaric II, the King of the Visigoths. Clovis’ victory proved a crucial step in the expulsion of the Visigoths from Francia into Spain, thereby leaving Gaul largely to the Franks. It was arguably in the wake of Vouillé that Gaul became Francia, and that “France began.” The editors have united an international team of experts on Late Antiquity and the Merovingian Kingdoms to reexamine the battle from multiple as well as interdisciplinary perspectives. The contributions address questions of military strategy, geographical location, archaeological footprint, political background, religious propaganda, consequences (both in Francia and in Italy), and significance. There is a strong focus on the close reading of primary source-material, both textual and material, secular and theological.

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Ralph Mathisen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA; Danuta Shanzer, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

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Frontmatter

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Contents

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Foreword

Danuta Shanzer
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The Political and Military Dimension
The First Franco-Visigothic War and the Prelude to the Battle of Vouillé

Ralph W. Mathisen
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Vouillé and the Decisive Battle Phenomenon in Late Antique Gaul

Bernard S. Bachrach
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Vouillé, Voulon, and the Location of the Campus Vogladensis

Ralph W. Mathisen
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Vouillé 507: Historiographical, Hagiographical, and Diplomatic Reconsiderations and Fortuna

Danuta Shanzer
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Clovis, Anastasius, and Political Status in 508 C.E.: The Frankish Aftermath of the Battle of Vouillé

Ralph W. Mathisen
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The Battle of Vouillé and the Restoration of the Roman Empire

Jonathan J. Arnold
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The Role of Religion
Arians, Catholics, and Vouillé

Ian Wood
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Vouillé, Orléans (511), and the Origins of the Frankish Conciliar Tradition

Gregory I. Halfond
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Ravenna, Saint Martin, and the Battle of Vouillé

Deborah Mauskopf Deliyannis
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The Material Remains
Has Anyone Seen the Barbarians? Remarks on the Missing Archeology of the Visigoths in Gaul

Bailey K. Young
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General Index

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eBook published on:
July 4, 2012
eBook ISBN:
9781614510994
Hardcover published on:
June 14, 2012
Hardcover ISBN:
9781614511274
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
26
Main content:
216
Illustrations:
24
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614510994
eBook ISBN: 9781614510994
Hardcover ISBN: 9781614511274
Keywords for this book
Vouillé; History of France; Late Antiquity
Audience(s) for this book
All those interested in Late Antiquity and early Medieval history, in particular students and scholars of the Merovingian kingdoms and the Franks.
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