Deciphering Secrets MOOCs: Visigothic Spain (418 – 711 CE)
Channel: Roger L. Martínez-Davila
Date: 2017-09-27

This introductory lecture explores the Visigoths, a Germanic people, who lived and ruled over Spain (Hispania) from approximately 418 to 711 CE. The lecture discusses King Theodoric I, the Visigothic capital of Toledo, the Codex Euricianus (a legal code addressing family inheritance), the Lex Visigothorum (a legal code that speaks to crime and punishment), and the numismatics (coinage) of King Leovigild and King Reccared.

This video lecture is a part of the Deciphering Secrets series of Massive Open Online Courses by Professor Roger L. Martinez-Davila of the University of Colorado (USA) and the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Learn more about our free Deciphering Secrets MOOCs at www.decipheringsecrets.com.

This CONEX project has received funding from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement nº 600371, el Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (COFUND2013-51509) and Banco Santander.