Linguistic evidence for the early migrations of the Goths, Dennis H. Green; the creation of the Visigoths, Peter Heather; settlement of the Visigoths in the 5th century, Ana Jimenez Garnica; kinship and marriage among the Visigoths, Giorgio Ausenda; social relations in the Visigoth kingdom from the 5th to the 7th century - the example of Merida, Ian N. Wood; jural relations as an indicator of syncretism - from the law of inheritance to the "Dum Inlicita" of Chindaswinth, Isabel Velazquez; as coins go home - towns, merchants, bishops and kings in Visigothic Hispania, Felix Retamero; Visigoth political institutions, Pablo C. Diaz; adding insult to injury - Julian of Toledo and his "Historia Wambae", Mayke de Jong; symbolic life and signs of identity in Visigothic times, Gisela Ripoll; cult and religion among the Tervingi and the Visigoths and their conversion to Christianity, Andreas Schwarcz; current issues and future directions in the study of Visigoths, Giorgio Ausenda and Pablo C. Diaz.
The work of top scholars in Visigothic studies... Using all
evidence available, the volume addresses the evolution of the
Visigoths in early medieval history.
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