Isidore of Seville and the Liber Iudiciorum : the struggle for the past in the Visigothic Kingdom / by Michael J. Kelly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelly, Michael J. (Historian), author.

Contributor:

Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

Series:

Medieval and early modern Iberian world ; 1569-1934 v. 80.

The Medieval and early modern Iberian world, 1569-1934 ; volume 80

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636.

Law, Visigothic.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Liber judiciorum.

Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636--Influence.

Isidore.

Spain--History--Gothic period, 414-711.

Spain.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 250 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]

Summary:

"Isidore of Seville and the "Liber Iudiciorum" establishes a novel framework for re-interpreting the Liber Iudiciorum (LI), the law-code issued in Toledo by the Visigothic king Recceswinth (649/653-672) in 654. The LI was a manifestation of a vibrant dialectical situation, particularly between two networks of authority, Isidore-Seville and Toledo-Agali, a defining characteristic of the discourse coloring the fabric of writing in Hispania, c. 600-660. To more fully imagine the meaning, significance and purposes of the LI, this book elicits this cooperative competition through a series of four case-studies on writing in the period. In addition to offering an alternative historiography for the LI, this book expands the corpus of "Visigothic Literature" and introduces what the author refers to as "Gothstalgie.""-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : the Isidore-moment, the Liber Iudiciorum, and the schools thesis

In the beginning : the historyof the historiography of Isidore

Origins and histories : creating new chains of signification

The historical Lacunae and Damnatio[nes] Memoriae of the Hispana

Pinnacle and twilight : the Liber Iudiciorum and the "historical" fulfillment of the Isidore-moment

Conclusion.

Notes:

Based on author's thesis (doctoral - University of Leeds, School of History, 2014) issued under title: Writing history, narrating fulfillment : the 'Isidore-moment' and the struggle for the 'before now' in late antique and early medieval Hispania.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Kelly, Michael J. (Historian) Isidore of seville and the liber iudiciorum

ISBN:

9789004343986

9004343989

OCLC:

1237651378

Publisher Number:

99987454718