Writing History in Late Antique Iberia: Historiography in Theory and Practice from the 4th to the 7th Century [Hardcover]

This volume reflects on the motivations underpinning the writing of history in Late Antique Iberia, emphasising its theoretical and practical aspects and outlining the social, political and ideological implications of the constructions and narrations of the past. The volume includes general topics related to the writing of history, such as the historiographical debates on writing history, the praxis of history writing and the role of central and local powers in the construction of the past, the legitimacy of history, the exaltation of Christian history to the detriment of other religious beliefs, and the perception of time in hagiographical texts. Further points of interest in the volume are the specific studies on the historiographical culture. All these issues are analysed from an innovative perspective, which combines traditional subjects with new historiographical topics, such as the configuration of historical discourse through another type of documentation like councils, hagiography or legislation.This volume reflects on the motivations underpinning the writing of history in Late Antique Iberia, emphasising its theoretical and practical aspects and outlining the social, political and ideological implications of the constructions and narrations of the past.Purificaci?n Ubric is lecturer of Ancient History at the University of Granada. She has been visiting scholar at Oxford, Harvard and Rome. Her main research interest lies in History of the Church and Barbarians in Late Antique Iberia. She has several publications and research projects on these subjects. Gonzalo Bravo is Professor of Ancient History at the Complutense University of Madrid and currently serves as Professor Emeritus of this university. His lines of research often include historiographical and theoretical contents, referring  with exception  to late Roman society and the transition to the Middle Ages. Immacolata Aulisa teaches at the University of Bari Aldo Moro. She is interested in the controlƒ.