Rome and Byzantium in the Visigothic Kingdom: Beyond Imitatio Imperii

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Beyond Imitatio Imperii

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Edited by Damián Fernández, Northern Illinois University, Molly Lester, United States Naval Academy, Maryland, Jamie Wood, University of Lincoln

Publisher:: Amsterdam University Press
Online publication date:: February 2024
Print publication year:: 2023
Online ISBN:: 9789048544653
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048544653

Series:: Late Antique and Early Medieval Iberia
Subjects:: History, Regional History Before 1500

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This volume interrogates the assumption that Visigothic practices and institutions were mere imitations of the Byzantine empire. Contributors rethink these practices not as uncritical and derivative adoptions of Byzantine customs, but as dynamic processes in dialogue with not only the Byzantine empire but also with the contemporary Iberian context, as well as the Roman past. The goal of the volume is to approach Visigothic customs not as an uncritical adoption and imitatio of contemporary Roman models (an 'acculturation' model), but as unique interpretations of a common pool of symbols, practices, and institutions that formed the legacy of Rome. The contributors argue that it is necessary to reconsider the idea of imitatio imperii as a process that involved specific actors taking strategic decisions in historically contingent circumstances.

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Beyond Imitatio Imperii

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Frontmatter
pp 1-4

Contents
pp 5-6

List of Figures and Tables
pp 7-8

Abbreviations
pp 9-14

Acknowledgements
pp 15-15

Maps
pp 16-16

Introduction
pp 17-28

1 - Visigothic Spain and Byzantium: The Story of a Special (Historiographical) Relationship
pp 29-52

2 - The Development of the Visigothic Court in the Hagiography of the Fifth and Sixth Centuries
pp 53-72

3 - Experiments in Visigothic Rulership: Minting and Monetary Reforms under Alaric II
pp 73-96

4 - A Comparison of Roman and Visigothic Approaches to Exile
pp 97-122

5 - The Roman Jewel in the Visigothic Crown: A Reassessment of the Royal Votive Crowns of the Guarrazar Treasure
pp 123-150

6 - Capitalhood in the Visigothic Kingdom
pp 151-178

7 - Making Rite Choices: Roman and Eastern Liturgies in Early Medieval Iberia
pp 179-204

8 - Ethnicity and Imitatio in Isidore of Seville
pp 205-222

9 - Re-imagining Roman Persecution in the Visigothic Passions
pp 223-252

10 - Romanness in Visigothic Hagiography
pp 253-276

11 - Empire and the Politics of Faction: Mérida and Toledo Revisited
pp 277-316

12 - The Agents and Mechanics of Connectivity: The Mediterranean World and the Cities of the Guadiana Valley in the Sixth Century
pp 317-344

13 - Staying Roman after 711?
pp 345-368

Index
pp 369-374

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