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December 25, 2024 35 mins

In episode 17 I explain the reign of Reccared and the Visigoths' conversion to Catholicism in the Third Council of Toledo, as well as the reigns of Liuva II, Witteric and Gundemar. Moreover, I discuss the Church, administration and taxation of the Visigothic period.

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Hook
00:19 The Religious Conflict in Visigothic Iberia
03:25 The Conversion of Reccared
06:48 The Opposition Against Reccared
10:28 The Third Council of Toledo and the Visigoths’ Conversion
16:49 The Reign of Reccared
20:02 Witteric and Gundemar
24:00 The Church in the Visigothic Period
28:14 Visigothic Taxation and Administration
33:19 The Verdict: Caesaropapism or Theocracy?
34:58 Outro

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