- Abstract:
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Within a few centuries after the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West, the descendants of Romans who had envisioned the world in terms of moral, civilized Romans and the savage barbarian ‘other’ had come to identify with those very barbarians. This thesis explores this shift from ‘Roman’ to ‘Gothic’ and ‘Frankish’ identities in sixth- and seventh-century Spain and Gaul through an examination of the ways ethnonyms were used in contemporary sources. Within the first section on Visigot...
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- Erica Buchberger
- Publication date:
- 2012
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- Oxford University, UK
- URN:
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- Local pid:
- ora:7600
- Language:
- English
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- Subjects:
- Copyright holder:
- Erica Buchberger
- Copyright date:
- 2013
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From Romans to Goths and Franks: ethnic identities in sixth- and seventh-century Spain and Gaul
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+ University College, Oxford; Royal Historical Society; Scatcherd European Scholarship
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