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The Battle of Vouillé, 507 CE. Where France Began

By Ralph W. Mathisen , Danuta Shanzer

Book information

Publisher
Walter de Gruyter
Year
2012
ISBN
1614511276, 9781614511274
ISSN
1862-1139
Google Books ID
v58cU1TLQrkC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5385445 bytes)
Series
Millennium-Studien/Millennium Studies 37
Pages
xxvi+212\239
Topic
History
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2014-02-26 17:57:27

Description

This volume highlights the heretofore largely neglected Battle of Vouillè 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 Franks. It was arguably in the wake of Vouillè that Gaul became Francia, and that ""France began."" The editors have united an international team of experts on Late Antiquity and the Merovingian Kingdoms to reexamine the battle from multiple as well as interdisciplinary perspectives. The contributions address questions of military strategy, geographical location, archaeological footprint, political background, religious propaganda, consequences (both in Francia and in Italy), and significance. There is a strong focus on the close reading of primary source-material, both textual and material, secular and theological.

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