Conquerors and Chroniclers of Early Medieval Spain

by Kenneth Baxter Wolf

Book Overview

From the perspective of the Hispano-Romans, the Visigoths who invaded Spain in the midfifth century were heretical barbarians. But Leovigild's military success and Reccared's conversion to Catholic Christianity led to more positive assessments of the Gothic role in Iberian history. John of Biclaro (c.590) and Isidore of Seville (c.625) authored histories that projected the Gothic achievements back on to their uncertain beginnings, transforming them...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0853230471
• ISBN13: 9780853230472
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.