Leadership, Social Cohesion, and Identity in Late Antique Spain and Gaul (500-700)

Published by Amsterdam University Press 2023

Leadership, Social Cohesion, and Identity in Late Antique Spain and Gaul (500-700)

Edited by: Dolores Castro and Fernando Ruchesi

Volume 11 in the series Late Antique and Early Medieval Iberia

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048553778

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About this book

The replacement of the Roman Empire in the West with emerging kingdoms like Visigothic Spain and Merovingian Gaul resulted in new societies, but without major population displacement. Societies changed because identities shifted and new points of cohesion formed under different leaders and leadership structures. This volume examines two kingdoms in the post-Roman west to understand how this process took shape. Though exhibiting striking continuities with the Roman past, Gaul and Spain emerged as distinctive, but not isolated, political entities that forged different strategies and drew upon different resources to strengthen their unity, shape social ties, and consolidate their political status.

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Castro Dolores :

Dolores Castro received her PhD in 2017 from Universidad de Buenos Aires. She is assistant lecturer at Universidad de General Sarmiento, Argentina. Her current research explores the fields of religion and political power in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, with particular focus on the Visigothic period.Ruchesi Fernando :

Fernando Ruchesi received his PhD at the Universidad de Buenos Aires in 2015. At present he works as a Researcher at the Universitat de Lleida, Spain. His research focuses on the development of social cohesion in Merovingian Gaul and Visigothic Spain, with particular emphasis on the Northeast of the Iberian peninsula.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Introduction Dolores Castro and Fernando Ruchesi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
1. Building Leadership, Forging Cohesion: Bishops and Charity in Late Antiquity Dolores Castro Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
2. The Logic of Control: Postulating a Visigothic Ontology of Human Being Michael J. Kelly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
3. Ritual Communities and Social Cohesion in Merovingian Gaul Alexander O’Hara Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
4. Constructing New Leaders: Bishops in Visigothic Hispania Tarraconensis (Fifth to Seventh Centuries) Meritxell Pérez Martínez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
5. Coexisting Leaderships in the Visigothic Cities: A ‘Coopetitive’ Model Pablo Poveda Arias Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
6. Leadership and Social Cohesion in Merovingian Gaul and Visigothic Spain : The Case of Military Groups Fernando Ruchesi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
7. Between Rome and Toulouse : The Catholic Episcopate in the regnum Tolosanum (418–507) Christian Stadermann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257

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Language: English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 282
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 2
Keywords: Late Antiquity; Merovingian Gaul; Visigothic Spain; Authority; Power; Leadership; Identity; Social Cohesion

eBook

Published: January 20, 2023
ISBN: 9789048553778