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The Christianization of western Baetica : architecture, power, and religion in a late antique landscape /

The province of Baetica, in present-day Spain, was one of the most important areas in the Roman Empire in terms of politics, economics, and culture. And in the late medieval period, it was the centre of a rich and powerful state, the Umayyad Caliphate. But the historical sources on the intervening y...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sánchez Velasco, Jerónimo (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
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Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2018]
Series:Late antique and early medieval Iberia.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Roman Baetica in history
  • Cities and landscapes in West Roman Baetica
  • From Constantine the Great to the Arab Invasion
  • The ecclesiastical organization of Baetica in late antiquity
  • The Bishopric of Córdoba (Corduba)
  • The Bishopric of Cabra (Egabrum)
  • The Bishopric of Écija (Astigi)
  • The Bishopric of Seville (Hispalis)
  • The Bishopric of Italica
  • The Bishopric of Niebla (Ilipla)
  • The first Christian buildings of late antique Western Baetica episcopal complexes
  • The City of God: the making of church power