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.
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Scholarly Tradition
- Methodology
- Chapter Breakdown
- Terminology
- Part I – From a Roman to a Gothic World in Visigothic Spain
- 1. Arians to Catholics
- John of Biclar’s Chronicle
- Isidore of Seville’s History (up to 589)
- The Third Council of Toledo
- The Lives of the Fathers of Mérida
- Conclusion: The Evidence Together
- 2. Church and State: Isidore and his Influence
- Isidore’s History (post-589)
- Church Councils to 654
- Conclusion
- 3. The Later Seventh Century
- Chindaswinth, Recceswinth, and Visigothic Law
- Later Councils and Laws
- Conclusion
- Part II – From a Roman to a Frankish World in Merovingian Gaul
- 4. Gregory of Tours
- The Late Roman Empire and Clovis’ Reign
- Contemporary Era
- Conclusion
- 5. Venantius Fortunatus
- Duke Lupus
- Leontius II of Bordeaux
- The Ruricii
- Vilithuta
- Duke Launebod
- King Charibert
- Radegund
- Conclusion
- 6. Fredegar
- Book Three: Rewriting Gregory
- Book Four: Fredegar’s Original Work
- Conclusion
- 7. Frankish Hagiography
- Caesarius of Arles
- Gaugeric of Cambrai
- Eligius of Noyon
- Conclusion
- Conclusion
- Abbreviations
- Bibliography
- Index
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