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Visigothic Spain 409 - 711
Contributor(s): Collins, Roger (Author)
ISBN: 0631181857     ISBN-13: 9780631181859
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $125.35  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: May 2004
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Annotation: This history of Spain in the period between the end of Roman rule and the time of the Arab conquest challenges many traditional assumptions about the history of this period.
* Presents original theories about how the Visigothic kingdom was governed, about law in the kingdom, about the Arab conquest, and about the rise of Spain as an intellectual force.
* Takes account of new documentary evidence, the latest archaeological findings, and the controversies that these have generated.
* Combines chronological and thematic approaches to the period.
* A historiographical introduction looks at the current state of research on the history and archaeology of the Visigothic kingdom.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe - Spain & Portugal
Dewey: 946.01
LCCN: 2003017277
Series: History of Spain
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.24" W x 9.24" (1.16 lbs) 272 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453)
 
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Publisher Description:
This history of Spain in the period between the end of Roman rule and the time of the Arab conquest challenges many traditional assumptions about the history of this period.

  • Presents original theories about how the Visigothic kingdom was governed, about law in the kingdom, about the Arab conquest, and about the rise of Spain as an intellectual force.
  • Takes account of new documentary evidence, the latest archaeological findings, and the controversies that these have generated.
  • Combines chronological and thematic approaches to the period.
  • A historiographical introduction looks at the current state of research on the history and archaeology of the Visigothic kingdom.