Law, Culture and Regionalism in Early Medieval Spain (Variorum Collected Studies)

Roger Collins deals here with the history of Spain, specifically Christian Spain, in the period from the 6th to the 10th century - from the Visigoths, through the time of the Arab conquests, up to the end of the era of Carolingian dominance across the Pyrenees. Particular emphasis, indeed, is placed upon the importance of this Pyrenean region, in the lands now known as France as well as those in Spain, with the author also calling into question the received notion of an Aquitanian identity in the 5th-9th centuries. Of the themes running through this volume, that of regionalism is most evident here and in the articles on the Basques, but appears equally, for instance, in the study on the relations between Merida and the Visigothic government. Similarly, legal and cultural themes provide the focus for the articles on the workings of Visigothic law in the 9th-10th centuries, or on the intellectual culture of Navarre, but recur in other parts of the collection. Two of these articles appear for the first time in English, while a third has been re-written for this volume and others supplied with additional notes or illustrations. Roger Collins traite ici de l’histoire d’Espagne et, plus particulièrement, de celle de l’Espagne chrétienne entre le 6e et le 10e siècle: des Visigoths jusqu’à la fin de l’hégémonie carolingienne au nord du pays, en passant par les conquÃates arabes. L’importance de la région pyrénéenne, recouvrant des terres qui font de nos jours partie de la France ainsi que de l’Espagne, est soulignée par l’auteur, qui remet par ailleurs en question l’idée reçue d’identité aquitaine qui prévalait entre le 5e et le 9e siècle. Certains thèmes légaux et culturels forment la base d’articles sur le fonctionnement du droit visigoth aux 9e et 10e siècles, ou encore sur la culture intellectuelle de la Navarre et ressurgissent à d’autres endroits de la collection. Le régionalisme reste cependant le plus prédominant Roger Collins deals here with the history of Spain, specifically Christian Spain, in the period from the 6th to the 10th century - from the Visigoths, through the time of the Arab conquests, up to the end of the era of Carolingian dominance across the Pyrenees. Particular emphasis, indeed, is placed upon the importance of this Pyrenean region, in the lands now known as France as well as those in Spain, with the author also calling into question the received notion of an Aquitanian identity in the 5th–9th centuries. Of the themes running through this volume, that of regionalism is most evident here and in the articles on the Basques, but appears equally, for instance, in the study on the relations between Merida and the Visigothic government. Similarly, legal and cultural themes provide the focus for the articles on the workings of Visigothic law in the 9th–10th centuries, or on the intellectual culture of Navarre, but recur in other parts of the collection. Two of these articles appear for the first time in English, while a third has been re-written for this volume and others supplied with additional notes or illustrations. Roger Collins traite ici de l’histoire d’Espagne et, plus particulièrement, de celle de l’Espagne chrétienne entre le 6e et le 10e siècle: des Visigoths jusqu’à la fin de l’hégémonie carolingienne au nord du pays, en passant par les conquêtes arabes. L’importance de la région pyrénéenne, recouvrant des terres qui font de nos jours partie de la France ainsi que de l’Espagne, est soulignée par l’auteur, qui remet par ailleurs en question l’idée reçue d’identité aquitaine qui prévalait entre le 5e et le 9e siècle. Certains thèmes légaux et culturels forment la base d’articles sur le fonctionnement du droit visigoth aux 9e et 10e siècles, ou encore sur la culture intellectuelle de la Navarre et ressurgissent é d’autres endroits de la collection. Le régionalisme reste cependant le plus prédominant Cover 1 Series 5 Half Title 6 Title 8 Copyright 9 Contents 10 Dedication 13 Foreword 14 I Mérida and Toledo: 550-585 18 II King Leovigild and the Conversion of the Visigoths 50 III Julian of Toledo and the Education of Kings in Late Seventh-Century Spain 62 IV The "Autobiographical" Works of Valerius of Bierzo: their Structure and Purpose 84 V Sicut lex Gothorum continet: Law and Charters in Ninth- and Tenth-Century León and Catalonia 102 VI Visigothic Law and Regional Custom in Disputes in Early Medieval Spain 126 Appendix of Latin Texts 146 VII Poetry in Ninth-Century Spain 152 VIII The Ethnogenesis of the Basques 168 IX Christianity and the Basques 178 X The Basques in Aquitaine and Navarre: Problems of Frontier Government 186 XI The Vaccaei, the Vaceti, and the rise of Vasconia 202 XII Pippin I and the Kingdom of Aquitaine 216 XIII Charles the Bald and Wifred the Hairy 244 XIV Doubts and Certainties on the Churches of Early Medieval Spain 264 XV Literacy and the Laity in Early Mediaeval Spain 290 Index 316 i. General Index 316 ii. Index of Manuscripts 323 Mérida;,Toledo;,Visigoths Mérida,Toledo,Visigoths Collection Of Essays And Conference Papers Originally Published 1977-1991. Roger Collins. Collection Of Essays And Conference Papers Originally Published 1977-1991. Includes Indexes. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.