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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-11352-5
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
History
Body granting the degree
Indiana University
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2014
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Canon Law; Law; Medieval history
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
Philosophy, religion and theology;Social sciences;Church-state relations;Domestic policy;Failed state;Muslim invasion;Visigoth;Visigothic government