The Visigoths: Studies in Culture and Society

The study of the Visigoths continues to be one of the most actively researched topics in Late Antique Studies. As might be expected the vast majority of the work has been carried out in Europe and especially by scholars from the Iberian Peninsula. This volume of essays has as one of its goals to ameliorite the deficiency of English language publications on the subject while trying to demarginalize studies from the Iberian Peninsula. The scholars who participated in this volume are both from Europe and North America. Although thematically the essays do not exhaust the broad nature of Visigothic studies, they do nevertheless offer a wide array of topics. Coverage includes research on Visigothic identity in Gaul, regional studies of Galacia and Lusitania, anti-Semitism in Visigothic law, the political grammar of Ildephonsus of Toledo, monasticism and liturgy, numismatics, Roman-Visigothic pottery in Baetica, urban and rural archaeology, and Gothic conciousness among Mozarab communities.