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dc.contributor.editorMathisen, Ralph W.
dc.contributor.editorShanzer, Danuta
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-07T16:16:39Z
dc.date.available2021-12-07T16:16:39Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifierONIX_20211207_9781614510994_103
dc.identifier.issn1862-1139
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/51748
dc.description.abstractThis 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.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesMillennium-Studien / Millennium Studies
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient historyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3K CE period up to c 1500en_US
dc.subject.otherVouillé
dc.subject.otherHistory of France
dc.subject.otherLate Antiquity
dc.titleThe Battle of Vouillé, 507 CE
dc.title.alternativeWhere France Began
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.1515/9781614510994
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy2b386f62-fc18-4108-bcf1-ade3ed4cf2f3
oapen.relation.isbn9781614510994
oapen.relation.isbn9781614511274
oapen.series.number37
oapen.pages216
oapen.place.publicationBerlin/Boston


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