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oapen-20.500.12657-517482024-03-27T06:15:57Z The Battle of Vouillé, 507 CE Mathisen, Ralph W. Shanzer, Danuta Vouillé History of France Late Antiquity thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3K CE period up to c 1500 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. 2021-12-07T16:16:39Z 2021-12-07T16:16:39Z 2012 book ONIX_20211207_9781614510994_103 1862-1139 9781614510994 9781614511274 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/51748 eng Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781614510994.pdf https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781614510994/html De Gruyter 10.1515/9781614510994 10.1515/9781614510994 2b386f62-fc18-4108-bcf1-ade3ed4cf2f3 9781614510994 9781614511274 37 216 Berlin/Boston open access
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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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