VISIGOTHIC CHURCH COLLECTION

A collection of the works relating to the Church in Spain during the Visigothic era, from roughly 410, with the sack of Rome by the Goths, to 717 AD, with the destruction of the Visigothic state by the Saracens. Many of this works are by reigning Visigothic kings or bishops, recording their dealing with the Catholic church in their own time as it struggled against Arianism and other political threats to the Gothic crown. The Visigothic church struggled to maintain its own independent tradition and history, particular in the years following the Arab conquest. Some foreign influences are commonly found as well, including the Byzantine presence on the south shore of Spain, and correspondence with the Frankish court and Papal Curia.