Visigothic – After Empire

The Liber iudicum popularis and the blending of Visigothic and Frankish legal culture in Catalonia in the early 11th century

January 22, 2019Stefan EsdersResearch BlogBonhom, Catalonia, Cordoba, Law, Legal texts, Primary Source, Roman Law, Source Guide, Spain, Visigothic

When it formed the heart of the Carolingian marca Hispania just after 800, Catalonia had spent over 200 years under Visigothic rule, followed by 80 years under Arab dominion. With Catalonia’s new position as a frontier region, the counts of Barcelona attained a higher degree of political independence from France in the process of the Carolingian…

Towers of Faith: Views on the Biblical Landscape of the Tenth-Century Iberian World

The Bible in the Early Medieval Iberian World The world of the Iberian Bible is a fragmented one in a double sense. The transmission of old Bibles from late antique and Visigothic times and the production of new Bibles from the late eighth century onwards were situated in a scattered, if not fragmented Christian society…

After Empire

Using and Not Using the Past in the Crisis of the Carolingian World, c. 900-1050

Tag: Visigothic

The Liber iudicum popularis and the blending of Visigothic and Frankish legal culture in Catalonia in the early 11th century

Towers of Faith: Views on the Biblical Landscape of the Tenth-Century Iberian World