Fernández, Damián
(ed.)
Wood, Jamie
(ed.)
Editorial: Amsterdam University Press
Colección: Late Antique and Early Medieval Iberia
Número de páginas: 374 págs. 15.0 x 23.0 cm
Fecha de edición: 10-10-2023
EAN: 9789463726412
ISBN: 978-94-6372-641-2
Precio (sin IVA): 152,44 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 158,54 €
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.