Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. List of Figures and Tables 7
4. Abbreviations 9
5. Acknowledgements 15
6. Introduction 17
7. 1. Visigothic Spain and Byzantium 29
8. 2. The Development of the Visigothic Court in the Hagiography of the Fifth and Sixth Centuries 53
9. 3. Experiments in Visigothic Rulership 73
10. 4. A Comparison of Roman and Visigothic Approaches to Exile 97
11. 5. The Roman Jewel in the Visigothic Crown 123
12. 6. Capitalhood in the Visigothic Kingdom 151
13. 7. Making Rite Choices 179
14. 8. Ethnicity and Imitatio in Isidore of Seville 205
15. 9. Re-imagining Roman Persecution in the Visigothic Passions 223
16. 10. Romanness in Visigothic Hagiography 253
17. 11. Empire and the Politics of Faction 277
18. 12. The Agents and Mechanics of Connectivity The Mediterranean World and the Cities of the Guadiana Valley in the Sixth Century 317
19. 13. Staying Roman after 711? 345
20. Index 369