Visigothic Kingdom
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Oct 15, 2026
Ken DarkGUEST
And so we, we can see these elements, Christian, provincial Roman, and non-Roman combining in the west of Britain in the same way as they combine in what had been Roman Gaul, France, what had been Roman Spain.
Ken DarkGUEST
In the 6th century, largely the Visigothic Kingdom, though a bit of it the Suevic Kingdom as well.
Ken DarkGUEST
Um, we can see these things combining across this broad zone.
Ken DarkGUEST
And so when we talk about the Britons in the 5th to 7th centuries, today, Late Antique, uh, derived from the period name or cultural designation, Late Antiquity seems to be an appropriate description.
Ken DarkGUEST
which mentions this inscription, mentions an Irish name for a person.
Ken DarkGUEST
And so we can see these elements, Christian, provincial Roman and non-Roman combining in the West of Britain in the same way as they combine in what had been Roman Gaul, France, what had been Roman Spain in the 6th century, largely the Visigothic kingdom, though a bit of it the Suevic kingdom as well.
Ken DarkGUEST
We can see these things combining across this broad zone.
Ken DarkGUEST
And so when we talk about the Britons in the 5th to 7th centuries, today, late antique, derived from the period name or cultural designation late antiquity, seems to be an appropriate description.
Ken DarkGUEST
And so we, we can see these elements, Christian, provincial Roman, and non-Roman combining in the west of Britain in the same way as they combine in what had been Roman Gaul, France, what had been Roman Spain.
Ken DarkGUEST
In the sixth century, largely the Visigothic Kingdom, though a bit of it the Suevic Kingdom as well.
Ken DarkGUEST
Um, we can see these things combining across this broad zone.
Ken DarkGUEST
And so when we talk about the Britons in the fifth to seventh centuries, today, Late Antique, uh, derived from the period name or cultural designation, Late Antiquity seems to be an appropriate description.
Ken DarkGUEST
And so we, we can see these elements, Christian, provincial Roman, and non-Roman combining in the west of Britain in the same way as they combine in what had been Roman Gaul, France, what had been Roman Spain.
Ken DarkGUEST
In the sixth century, largely the Visigothic Kingdom, though a bit of it the Suevic Kingdom as well.
Ken DarkGUEST
Uh, we can see these things combining across this broad zone.
Ken DarkGUEST
And so when we talk about the Britons in the fifth to seventh centuries, today Late Antique, uh, derived from the period name or cultural designation, Late Antiquity seems to be an appropriate description.
Ken DarkGUEST
which mentions this inscription, mentions an Irish name for a person.
Ken DarkGUEST
And so we can see these elements, Christian, provincial Roman and non-Roman combining in the West of Britain in the same way as they combine in what had been Roman Gaul, France, what had been Roman Spain in the 6th century, largely the Visigothic kingdom, though a bit of it the Suivic kingdom as well.
Ken DarkGUEST
We can see these things combining across this broad zone.
Ken DarkGUEST
And so when we talk about the Britons in the 5th to 7th centuries, today, late antique and modern, derived from the period name or cultural designation late antiquity, seems to be an appropriate description.
MasonHOST
Unfortunately, while the Visigoths were able to defeat the Roman rebels, they were unable to defeat their Frankish and Burgundian neighbors.
MasonHOST
The Franks invaded the Visigothic kingdom in 507 AD, apparently because Clovis sought to expand his control over all of modern-day France.
MasonHOST
Clovis, who was still a pagan at the time, promised to convert to Catholicism if he was victorious over the Visigoths.
MasonHOST
And this promise did a lot to envier the Visigoths' Catholic subjects towards the invading Franks, rather than the ruling Aryan Visigoths.
MasonHOST
Crotilda refused, and Amalric reacted by beating her until she bled.
MasonHOST
Again, this is all according to Gregory of Tours, who is a French Catholic writing in the 7th century, so it's possible that he had some natural bias against the Arian and Visigothic Amalric.
MasonHOST
According to Gregory, Crotilda sent her brother a towel stained with her blood, and her brother, again Childebert, king of Paris, was very angered by this, and seeking to rescue his sister, he gathered his forces and invaded the Visigothic kingdom.
MasonHOST
We won't know for sure if Gregory of Tours' version of events is true.
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