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Isidore of Seville and the Liber Iudiciorum
The Struggle for the Past in the Visigothic Kingdom
Series: - The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World, Volume: 80
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Isidore of Seville and the âLiber Iudiciorumâ 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 âVisigothic Literatureâ and introduces what the author refers to as âGothstalgie.â
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Michael J. Kelly lectures history, critical theory, and the philosophy of history at Binghamton University (SUNY) and is Director of Networks and Neighbours and Gracchi Books (gracchibooks.org). He edited Theories of History: History Read Across the Humanities (Bloomsbury, 2018), with Arthur Rose.
1 Introduction: the Isidore-Moment, the Liber Iudiciorum, and the Schools Thesis
â1 A Brief History and Introduction to Seventh-Century Hispania
â2 The Isidore-Moment and the Liber Iudiciorum
â3 The âSchoolsâ â Hasta Siempre, Bishop Isidore
2 In the Beginning: The History of the Historiography of Isidore
â1 Introduction
â2 The Historiography of Isidore
â3 The Representations
â4 Other Contemporary Historical Representations of Isidore
â5 Conclusion
3 Origins and Histories: Creating New Chains of Signification
â1 Introduction
â2 Isidoreâs Literature of the Past
â3 Isidoreâs [Use, Abuse and Philosophy of] History
â4 Conversion and the Locating of Seville
â5 The Goths in Isidore-Sevilleâs Historical Representations
â6 Conclusion
4 The Historical Lacunae and Damnatio[nes] Memoriae of the Hispana
â1 Introduction
â2 The Hispana
â3 The Example of Gundemar and his Council (610)
â4 The Example of the Third Council of Seville (624)
5 Pinnacle and Twilight: The Liber Iudiciorum and the âHistoricalâ Fulfillment of the Isidore-Moment
â1 Introduction
â2 What Is the Liber Iudiciorum?
â3 Interlude: Short Historical Background
â4 The Structure of the Liber Iudiciorum, and Its Meaning
â5 Constituent Influence of the School of Isidore-Seville
â6 Conclusion
Conclusion
Appendix: Julian of Toledo Not an Agalian
Bibliography
Index
â1 A Brief History and Introduction to Seventh-Century Hispania
â2 The Isidore-Moment and the Liber Iudiciorum
â3 The âSchoolsâ â Hasta Siempre, Bishop Isidore
2 In the Beginning: The History of the Historiography of Isidore
â1 Introduction
â2 The Historiography of Isidore
â3 The Representations
â4 Other Contemporary Historical Representations of Isidore
â5 Conclusion
3 Origins and Histories: Creating New Chains of Signification
â1 Introduction
â2 Isidoreâs Literature of the Past
â3 Isidoreâs [Use, Abuse and Philosophy of] History
â4 Conversion and the Locating of Seville
â5 The Goths in Isidore-Sevilleâs Historical Representations
â6 Conclusion
4 The Historical Lacunae and Damnatio[nes] Memoriae of the Hispana
â1 Introduction
â2 The Hispana
â3 The Example of Gundemar and his Council (610)
â4 The Example of the Third Council of Seville (624)
5 Pinnacle and Twilight: The Liber Iudiciorum and the âHistoricalâ Fulfillment of the Isidore-Moment
â1 Introduction
â2 What Is the Liber Iudiciorum?
â3 Interlude: Short Historical Background
â4 The Structure of the Liber Iudiciorum, and Its Meaning
â5 Constituent Influence of the School of Isidore-Seville
â6 Conclusion
Conclusion
Appendix: Julian of Toledo Not an Agalian
Bibliography
Index
Anyone interested in the period of Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages and the history (and history-writing), law, and literature of the post-Roman world, the Mediterranean, and the Iberian Peninsula.