رم و بیزانس در پادشاهی ویزیگوت‌ها: فراتر از تقلید امپراتوری

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. Table of Contents List of Figures and Tables Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Visigothic Spain and Byzantium 2. The Development of the Visigothic Court in the Hagiography of the Fifth and Sixth Centuries 3. Experiments in Visigothic Rulership 4. A Comparison of Roman and Visigothic Approaches to Exile 5. The Roman Jewel in the Visigothic Crown 6. Capitalhood in the Visigothic Kingdom 7. Making Rite Choices 8. Ethnicity and Imitatio in Isidore of Seville 9. Re-imagining Roman Persecution in the Visigothic Passions 10. Romanness in Visigothic Hagiography 11. Empire and the Politics of Faction 12. The Agents and Mechanics of Connectivity The Mediterranean World and the Cities of the Guadiana Valley in the Sixth Century 13. Staying Roman after 711? Index