Lives of the Visigothic Fathers (Liverpool University Press - Translated Texts for Historians)

These five seventh-century religious texts cast light not only on the development of the church in Visigothic Spain and its internal politics, but also on its, at times troubled, relationship with the Visigothic state and the history of that state itself, particularly in the period when the Visigoths changed their adherence from Arian to Trinitarian Christianity. ...these intriguing texts will help dispel the still prevalent notion that Visigothic Spain was some kind of "Dark Age" Bulletin of Hispanic Studies The translations are fluent and readable, and they supply the reader with an excellent general picture of the Christian and even monastic character of Visigothic culture in the seventh century. Moreover, Fear's notes enable the reader to press beyond broad impressions to detailsJournal of Religious History. Life And Martyrdom Of Saint Desiderius / King Sisebut -- The Life Of St. Aemilian The Confessor, Called The Hooded / Braulio Of Saragossa -- The Lives Of The Fathers Of Merida / [paul The Deacon] -- On The Lives Of Famous Men / St. Ildefonsus Of Toledo -- The Life Of St. Fructuosus Of Braga / [valerius Of El Bierzo]. Translated And Edited By A.t. Fear. Previous Ed. 1997. Includes Bibliography (p. 145-160) And Index. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web. Translated From The Latin. These five seventh-century religious texts cast light not only on the development of the church in Visigothic Spain and its internal politics, but also on its, at times troubled, relationship with the Visigothic state and the history of that state itself, particularly in the period when the Visigoths changed their adherence from Arian to Trinitarian Christianity. -- Amazon.com Focuses on the development of the church in Visigothic Spain and its internal politics, and also on its, at times troubled, relationship with the Visigothic state and the history of that state itself, particularly in the period when the Visigoths changed their adherence from Arian to Trinitarian Christianity.