The Christianization of Western Baetica : : Architecture, Power, and Religion in a Late Antique Landscape / / Jeronimo Sanchez Velasco.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package 2016-2018
• VerfasserIn: Sanchez Velasco, Jeronimo,
• MitwirkendeR: Serrano, Rosa Sanz,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Late Antique and Early Medieval Iberia ; 5
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (376 p.) :; 6 color plates, 40 halftones

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 center of a rich and powerful state, the Umayyad Caliphate. But the historical sources on the intervening years are limited, and we lack an accurate understanding of the evolution of the region. In recent years, however, archaeological research has begun to fill the gaps, and this book-built on more than a decade of fieldwork-provides an unprecedented overview of urban and rural development in the period.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Addendum: Location and Current Names of Places Mentioned in this Book -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part 1 Baetica in Late Antiquity -- 1. Roman Baetica in History -- 2. Cities and Landscapes in West Roman Baetica -- 3. From Constantine the Great to the Arab Invasion -- Part 2 Early Christian Topography -- 4. The Ecclesiastical Organization of Baetica in Late Antiquity -- 5. The Bishopric of Córdoba (Corduba) -- 6. The Bishopric of Cabra (Egabrum) -- 7. The Bishopric of Écija (Astigi) -- 8. The Bishopric of Seville (Hispalis) -- 9. The Bishopric of Italica -- 10. The Bishopric of Niebla (Ilipla) -- Part 3 Christianization: An Archaeology of Ecclesiastical Power -- 11. The First Christian Buildings of Late Antique Western Baetica -- 12. The City of God: The Making of Church Power -- Bibliography -- Index