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Previous scholarship has interpreted Bishop Isidore of Seville (d. 636) retrospectively as the architect of the medieval Spanish church, as the father of Spanish identity, and as a key figure in the transmission of Classical and Patristic learning to the Middle Ages. Drawing on recent studies on identity formation in the early medieval period and an upsurge in interest in late antique Spain, this book examines the historical Isidore as a social actor managing a complex web of responsibilities and relationships. A comparative analysis of Isidore's historical works demonstrates that writing about the past was a method for reconciling Visigothic kings, nobles and Spanish bishops in a period of transformation. This results in a fresh portrait of Isidore as motivated, both politically and pastorally, to balance competing interests and ensure the spiritual and material security of the people of Spain.
Price: $194.00
Pages: 276
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Publication Date:
20 March 2012
ISBN: 9789004209909
Format: Hardcover
"...Wood’s lively and nuanced study represents a solid contribution to the scholarship on Isidore of Seville, one that will doubtless prove stimulating to students of early medieval history-writing, Spain, and the political and social transformation of the late Roman world." - Jonathan Conant in Early Medieval Europe
, 22 January 2015: DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/emed.12094.
"...This study is a thoroughly polished and thought-through Manchester doctoral thesis revision that presses clearly and without strain a levelheaded claim on the center of gravity of Isidore’s substantial corpus for historiography. [...] this book is a valuable addition to Isidoriana, especially in English, and it is not hard to see why the historian should counterbid, to talk that around." - John Henderson in Speculum: DOI:10.1017/S0038713412004460.
, 22 January 2015: DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/emed.12094.
"...This study is a thoroughly polished and thought-through Manchester doctoral thesis revision that presses clearly and without strain a levelheaded claim on the center of gravity of Isidore’s substantial corpus for historiography. [...] this book is a valuable addition to Isidoriana, especially in English, and it is not hard to see why the historian should counterbid, to talk that around." - John Henderson in Speculum: DOI:10.1017/S0038713412004460.
Jamie Wood, Ph.D. (2007) in Classics and Ancient History, University of Manchester, is Lecturer in Religions and Theology at the University of Manchester. He has published a number of articles on the social and intellectual history of late antique Spain.