The conversion of Western Europe, 350-750 (Sources of civilization in the West)

Hillgarth, J.N.

Religion & Spirituality

PRENTICE/HALL

<p>evolution of Castilian didactic prose</p>

The Spanish Kingdoms, 1250-1516: 1250-1410 Precarious Balance

Oxford University Press

The Spanish Kingdoms, 1250-1516: Vol. 2, 1410-1516 Castilian Hegemony

Ramon Lull and Lullism in fourteenth-century France, (Oxford-Warburg studies)

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Clarendon Press

<p>This book explores one of the central myths of Spain: the idea that Spanish culture arose from that of the Visigoths. It begins with a sketch of Visigothic history, then proceeds to explore attitudes towards the Goths and legends and myths that developed around them from late antiquity to the twentieth century; such ideas proved influential among those who saw the Goths as their spiritual, if not literal, ancestors. The focus is on the myth of the Goths as expressed in literature of a broadly historical nature; many authors have played a significant role in forming and shaping this myth, and thus in shaping the mentality of their contemporaries and descendants. The Gothic myth was of great use to the different monarchies that succeeded the Goths after the Arabic invasion of 711. Visigothic kings were adopted as models by one age after another, from the rudimentary kingdom of Asturias in the ninth century to the world-monarchy of Spain under the Catholic Kings and the Habsburgs. Over the centuries, adroit 'improvements' on history and even outright fabrications influenced the creation of an idealized, epic past to which Spaniards look even today. This study of the evolution and persistence of the myth of Spain's Gothic roots is essential reading for scholars of Spanish history.</p>

The Visigoths in History and Legend (Studies and Texts)

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

PIMS

Who Read Thomas Aquinas? (The Etienne Gilson Series)

Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies

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