Aristocrats and Statehood in Western Iberia, 300−600 C.E.

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Aristocrats and Statehood in Western Iberia, 300-600 C.E. combines archaeological and literary sources to reconstruct the history of late antique Iberian aristocracies, facilitating the study of a social class that has proved elusive when approached through the lens of a single type of evidence.

Author(s): Damián Fernández
Series: Empire and After
Edition: 1
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Year: 2017

Language: English
Pages: 328
City: Philadelphia

[Aristocrats and Statehood in Western Iberia, 300-600 C.E.] Frontmatter
Contents
Maps
Introduction_An Invisible Class in a Silent Land
Chapter 1. In the Shadow of Empire_Settlement and Society in the Late Roman Period
Chapter 2. An Unprovincial Aristocracy_Aristocratic Identity in a Renewed Empire
Chapter 3. Economic Strategies in a Renewed Empire_Aristocratic Economic Units in the Late Roman Period
Chapter 4. Adapting to a New World_Post-Roman Settlement in Western Iberia
Chapter 5. Crafting Fragmented Statehood_Aristocratic Identity in the Post-Roman World
Chapter 6. Preserving Wealth in a Changing World_Post-Roman Aristocratic Economic Strategies
Conclusion
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments