Epigraphic habit and power in Visigothic Hispania

  1. Javier De Santiago Fernandez 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

Book:
The Visigothic kingdom: the negotiation of power in Post-Roman Iberia
  1. Sabine Panzram (ed. lit.)
  2. Paulo Pachá (ed. lit.)

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

ISBN: 978-94-6372-063-2,  978 90 4855 106 4

Year of publication: 2020

Pages: 273-291

Type: Book chapter

DOI: 10.2307/J.CTV1C5CS6Z.18 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Abstract

Epigraphic production is a means of representing power. The most powerful classes of Visigothic society used epigraphs as a tool to disseminate their ideas. The church used epigraphs as a means to make known its liturgy, doctrine, buildings, and hierarchies. In addition, the civil hierarchy (monarchy and nobility) used them to demonstrate their privileged social position. Epigraphs employed technical communicative strategies to transform them into an effective means to disseminate ideas.

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