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This book examines the figure of Duke Theudemir, one of the last great nobles of the Kingdom of Toledo, and the impact of his career on the transfer of power between the Visigothic nobility and the Arab conquerors. In the historical record, Theudemir appears as the archetypal ambitious aristocrat involved in the complex political intrigues that led to the ruin of the Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo in 711. Using this as a springboard, the book also analyzes the complex historical and administrative situation in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula between the Byzantine invasion and the Arab occupation. Finally, the important archaeological site of Pla de Nadal (Ribarroja de Turia, Valencia) and its identification with the original power centre of Duke Theudemir is considered.
Contents
Prologue
The South-East of the Iberian Peninsula in the Second Half of the 6th Century: Imperial Occupation and the Formation of the Byzantine Province of Spania
The Reign of Reccared
The Visigothic Conquest: From Witteric to Suinthila
Territorial Organisation of the Southeast in the 7th Century
Theudimer of Aurariola
Pla de Nadal: A Palace for a King
Documentary Appendix
Bibliography