Shifting Ethnic Identities in Spain and Gaul, 500-700 : : From Romans to Goths and Franks / / Erica Buchberger.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package 2016-2018
• VerfasserIn: Buchberger, Erica,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Late Antique and Early Medieval Iberia ; 4
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)

Traditional scholarship on post-Roman western culture has tended to examine the ethnic identities of Goths, Franks, and similar groups while neglecting the Romans themselves, in part because modern scholars have viewed the concept of being Roman as one denoting primarily a cultural or legal affiliation. As this book demonstrates, however, early medieval 'Romanness' also encompassed a sense of belonging to an ethnic group, which allowed Romans in Iberia and Gaul to adopt Gothic or Frankish identities in a more nuanced manner than has been previously acknowledged in the literature.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I From A Roman To A Gothic World In Visigothic Spain -- 1.Arians To Catholics -- 2.Church And State: Isidore And His Influence -- 3.The Later Seventh Century -- Part II .From A Roman To A Frankish World In Merovingian Gaul -- 4.Gregory Of Tours -- 5.Venantius Fortunatus -- 6.Fredegar -- 7.Frankish Hagiography -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index