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The battle of Vouillé, 507 CE : where France began /

This volume highlights the heretofore largely neglected Battle of Vouillé in 507 CE, when the Frankish King Clovis defeated Alaric II, the King of the Visigoths. Clovis' victory proved a crucial step in the expulsion of the Visigoths from Francia into Spain, thereby leaving Gaul largely to the...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Mathisen, Ralph W., 1947-, Shanzer, Danuta
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Boston ; Berlin : Walter de Gruyter, 2012.
Collection:Millennium-Studien ; Bd. 37.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Foreword; The Political and Military Dimension; The First Franco-Visigothic War and the Prelude to the Battle of Vouillé; Vouillé and the Decisive Battle Phenomenon in Late Antique Gaul; Vouillé, Voulon, and the Location of the Campus Vogladensis; Vouillé 507: Historiographical, Hagiographical, and Diplomatic Reconsiderations and Fortuna; Clovis, Anastasius, and Political Status in 508 C.E.: The Frankish Aftermath of the Battle of Vouillé; The Battle of Vouillé and the Restoration of the Roman Empire; The Role of Religion; Arians, Catholics, and Vouillé.
  • Vouillé, Orleans (511), and the Origins of the Frankish Conciliar TraditionRavenna, Saint Martin, and the Battle of Vouillé; The Material Remains; Has Anyone Seen the Barbarians? Remarks on the Missing Archeology of the Visigoths in Gaul; General Index.