This volume interrogates the assumption that Visigothic practices
and institutions were mere imitations of the Byzantine empire.
Contributors rethink these practices not as uncritical and
derivative adoptions of Byzantine customs, but as dynamic processes
in dialogue with not only the Byzantine empire but also with the
contemporary Iberian context, as well as the Roman past. The goal
of the volume is to approach Visigothic customs not as an
uncritical adoption and imitatio of contemporary Roman models (an
"acculturation" model), but as unique interpretations of a common
pool of symbols, practices, and institutions that formed the legacy
of Rome. The contributors argue that it is necessary to reconsider
the idea of imitatio imperii as a process that involved specific
actors taking strategic decisions in historically contingent
circumstances.
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