Ebook: The twilight of the Goths: the rise and fall of the Kingdom of Toledo, c. 565-711

Toledo, former capital of Spain until 1560, is now one of the most monumental of Spanish cities. In Roman times, it was originally a modest tribal township, which was eventually elevated to a national capital by the Visigoths (one of two main branches of the Goths, who along with their cousins, the Ostrogoths in South Russia, were considered barbarians across Europe).;Front Cover; Preliminaries; Contents; Chapter 1 -- Introduction; Chapter 2 -- Late Romans and Early Goths; Chapter 3 -- The Age of Alaric; Chapter 4 -- The Visigoths in Aquitania; Chapter 5 -- Sueves, Visigoths and Romans; Chapter 6 -- Toledo and St Isidore; Chapter 7 -- Visigoths in Triumph; Chapter 8 -- The Ruin of Spain; Notes; Back Cover.