Framing Power in Visigothic Society

Eleonora Dell’ Elicine is Senior Lecturer in Ancient History at Universidad de General Sarmiento (Argentina) since 2011. Her research field is the political, intellectual, and social history of Europe in the Early Middle Ages, with particular interest in the Visigothic Kingdom in the seventh century. She focuses on the semiotic ways in which the Visigothic Church managed to communicate authority - specially liturgy, chronicles, and miracles. Since 2014, she has been working on the problem of superstition and idolatrous practices. Céline Martin is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Bordeaux-Montaigne (France) and a member of Ausonius (UMR 5607, CNRS). She holds a PhD in Medieval History (2000) from the EHESS (Paris). Prior to arriving at Bordeaux, she was Senior Lecturer at the University of Lille-3 (2001-2007). As a specialist in 6-7th century Spain, her research deals mostly with political theory and practice, and particularly focuses on the normative corpus of Visigothic leges and concilia.

"This volume provides useful snapshots of new approaches and developments across Visigothic studies. Particularly helpful are Tejerizo’s, Martin’s, and Pliego’s chapters that provide tables and background information to aid readers unfamiliar with their particular source sets. These chapters are accessible and beneficial to specialists in Visigothic studies and scholars of other regions and periods alike."- Erica Buchberger, The Medieval Review, 21.11.05 (2021) "The volume certainly contributes to the LAEMI [Late Antique and Early Medieval Iberia] series’ goal of increasing integration of Iberian studies within Anglophone Classical studies, compiling an extensive bibliography of Spanish and English-language research material. [...] As for the aims of this volume, collating brief explorations of aspects of power in Visigothic society in order to open a dialogue and lay groundwork for future studies to continue this dialogue, Framing Power does so successfully, providing an abundance of interesting and well-researched material and frameworks for further research."- Carolyn T. La Rocco, University of St Andrews, The Classical Review, 71.1 (2021) "The edited volume of Eleonora Dell’Elicine and Céline Martin, Framing Power in Visigothic Society: Discourses, Devices and Artifacts curates seven original essays together with a useful and thoughtful introduction by the editors. [...] There is much food for thought here both for specialists in this particular field but also for those interested in the situation on the ground in the post-Roman Mediterranean." - Christopher Heath, Al-Mas.q, Vol. 34, Iss. 1

• Introduction Eleonora Dell' Elicine, Céline 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 Céline 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