Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-11352-5
Ph.D.
History
Indiana University
2014
This dissertation argues that between the years 586 and 712 the Visigothic Church and its failure to control its autonomous and corrupt bishops and clergy had a serious impact on the functionality of the Visigothic government and eventually contributed to the fragmentation and failure of the kingdom in 712. The argument re-examines some of the primary sources, such as the Lex Visigothorum, council canons, the Vita sancti Fructuosi, and the autobiography of Valerius of Bierzo, among other sources.
Canon Law; Law; Medieval history
Philosophy, religion and theology;Social sciences;Church-state relations;Domestic policy;Failed state;Muslim invasion;Visigoth;Visigothic government