Framing Power in Visigothic Society : Discourses, Devices, and Artifacts (Paperback)

Introduction, Eleonora Dell' Elicine, Celine Martin, Presence of Augustine of Hippo in Isidore of Seville: some provisional remarks, Jacques Elfassi, The Bishop and the Word. Isidore of Seville and the production of meaning, Dolores Castro, Unearthing peasant societies: Historiography and recent contributions in the archaeology of the rural world during Visigothic times, Carlos Tejerizo, Excolentes sacra fontium vel arborum. Pagan cults, kinship and regimes of sacralisation in the Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo, Eleonora Dell' Elicine, Ervig and capital penalties: the way of exile, Celine Martin, 'Put all your trust in Ansemundus'. A look at distrust in Visigothic-Byzantine diplomatic relations, Margarita Vallejo, Visigothic currency: recent developments and data for its study, Ruth Pliego, List of Illustrations, Index.