Forming visigothic iberia

Question 1

John of Biclaro

Answer 1

• major visigothic chronicer
• c. 540
• educated in Constaniople in Latin and Greek
• imprisoned in Barcelona but freed on Leogivild’s death

Question 2

Recopolis

Answer 2

• Royal palace Visigothic city near Tagus River
• Founded by Leovigild in 578
• 4000 people lived there
• area of rapid climate change (Late Antique Little Ice Age) brought on by a series of volcanic eruptions

Question 3

Leovigild

Answer 3

• King of Hispania
  founded Recopolis

Question 4

Reccared I

Answer 4

• visigothic king of hispania
• would endorse Nicene/Trinitarian Christianity over Arian Christianity

Question 5

Arianism

Answer 5

an early sect of Christianity that held that God the Father was superior to God the Son, who he made.
- Jesus was created by God

Question 6

Nicean/Trinitarianism

Answer 6

• Jesus is essence as God the Father
• becomes the officially endorsed doctrine in the East , while competing with Arianism in the West

Question 7

Leovigild Code

Answer 7

• Leovigild thought to revise Code of Euric (first codification of Visigothic laws)
• repeated older Roman laws (forbidding inter-marriage between Ibero-Romans and Visigoths) which is punishable by death

Question 8

Visigothic Code of Reccesuinth

Answer 8

• brought Ibero-Romans and Visigoths under one set of Laws
• combines Roman, Catholic, and Germanic tribal laws

Question 9

Visigothic Law Code

Answer 9

concerning: legal agencies, conduct of causes, marriage, natural lineage, business transactions, crimes/tortures, theft/fraud, acts of violence/injuries, fugitives/refugees, partition/limitation/boundaries, sick/dead/merchants who come beyond, prevention of official oppression/thorough extinction of heretical sects

Question 10

bridle

Answer 10

• cover a horse head
• used to communicate a rider’s intentions to the horse
• include reins, horse bits, and head pieces
• headpiece attached to rectangular grills
• reigns attached to circular loops

Question 11

horse bit

Answer 11

• includes tongue that would be inserted into horse’s mouth

Question 12

Iberian horses

Answer 12

• date back to 20k-30k BC
• first domesticated in either Erasian steppes or Iberia
• appreciated as suited for war under the Carthagians and Romans
• Interbred with N. African horses

Question 13

Rich observation

Answer 13

include a discussion of Action, Effect, and Analogy

Question 13

Action

Answer 13

refers to a specific action i.e. creative choice made by the artist/artisan

Question 14

Effect

Answer 14

refers to what effect(s) the specific Action has on you and likely others too

Question 15

Analogy

Answer 15

refers to what experience the effect is similar to; it should be a comparison a large number of people can relate to.

Question 16

cloisonne

Answer 16

• ancient technique for decorating metalwork objects
• metal strips create cavities called cloisons
• cloisons lined with green paste and fold foil to reflect light
• stones were cute and inse