Preface and Acknowledgements

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. Illustrations 9
4. Abbreviations 11
5. Preface and Acknowledgements 13
6. 1. The Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo 17
7. The Day Before – Prologue
8. 2. Late Roman Spain 39
9. Concepts of Central and Local Power
10. 3. The Visigoths in Hispania 59
11. 4. The Early Visigothic Presence in Southeastern Hispania 79
12. 5. Beyond Central and Local Powers 101
13. 6. King Wamba’s Campaign against dux Paulus (673) 117
14. Power, Identity, and Ethnicity
15. 7. How to Stay Gothic without a Gothic King 139
16. 8. Who are the Visigoths? 157
17. 9. The Visigothic Kingdom – A Kingdom without Visigoths? 173
18. 10. Local Citizenships and the Visigothic Kingdom 195
19. Representations of Power
20. 11. Recopolis 215
21. 12. Figura et potentia Coin and Power in the Visigothic Kingdom 235
22. 13. The Liber Iudiciorum 257
23. 14. Epigraphic Habit and Power in Visigothic Hispania 273
24. Power and Church
25. 15. Between Throne and Altar 295
26. 16. Ecclesiastical Landscapes in the Visigothic Capital and Countryside of Toledo (Spain) 315
27. 17. Ancient Classics and Catholic Tradition through Time and Space 337
28. 18. Conflicts over Episcopal Office in Southern Hispania 353
29. The Day After – Epilogue
30. 19. In a Savage Kingdom (regnum efferum)? 375
31. 20. Conclusions and Future Perspectives 393
32. Index of Places, Names and Subjects 401