Conquerors and chroniclers of early-medieval Spain
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Conquerors and chroniclers of early-medieval Spain
（Translated texts for historians, v. 9）
Liverpool University Press, c1999
2nd ed.
Available at 10 libraries
Description and Table of Contents
Description
From the perspective of the Hispano-Romans, the Visigoths who invaded Spain in the mid-fifth 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 from antagonists of the Roman Empire to protagonists of a new, independent Chistianity in Spain.
Table of Contents
Preface
Sources and Abbreviations
Map
Introduction
Essays
John of Biclaro and the Goths
Isidore of Seville and the Goths
An Andalusian Chronicler and the Muslims
An Asturian Chronicler and the Muslims
Texts
John of Biclaro, Chronicle
Isidore of Seville, History of the Kings of the Goths
The Chronicle of 754
The Chronicle of Alfonso III
Lists of Rulers
Select Bibliography
Index
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