LEOVIGILD

lēŏvˈĭgĭldˌ, lēōˈ–, d. 586, Visigothic king of Spain (568–86), brother and successor of Athanagild. He was joint ruler to 573 with his brother Liuva. He reorganized the administration and assumed a royal pomp that imitated that of the Byzantine court. Leovigild was constantly at war with the Byzantines in S Spain and the Suevi in the north. When these enemies supported the revolt of his son Hermenegild, who had converted from Arianism to Catholicism, he finally annexed (584–85) the kingdom of the Suevi. Hermenegild was put to death. At the end of Leovigild's reign the only non-Visigothic parts of Spain were two small territories of the Byzantine Empire. Leovigild made important additions to the Visigothic laws (see Germanic laws). His son Recared succeeded him.

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Rituals of Power: From Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages
Book by Frans Theuws, Janet L. Nelson; Brill, 2000
Subjects: Europe--History--392-814, Europe--History--To 476, Rites And Ceremonies--Europe
...Reccopolis. According to John of Biclar, Leovigild saw to beau- tifying the city with buildings...undistinguished future as a populated settlement. Leovigild also introduced an independent royal...His predecessors on the throne, and Leovigild himself in the first years of his reign...
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A History of Portugal
Book by H. V. Livermore; Cambridge University Press, 1947
Subjects: Portugal--History
...crisis was not long in coming to a head. Leovigild, though a faithful Arian, had married...alliance with the Byzantines and Swabians. Leovigild did not at once take up arms against...However, temporizing with the Franks, Leovigild surrounded Seville and defeated the king...
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History of the Conquest of Spain by the Arab-Moors - Vol. 1
Book by Henry Coppée; Little, Brown, 1881
Subjects: Arabs--Spain, Spain--History--711-1516
CHAPTER III. GOTHIC KINGS FROM LEOVIGILD TO WITIZA. I N the list of Gothic monarchs...notice, we have now reached the name of Leovigild, who ascended the throne in the year...disposition, he requested that his brother Leovigild should be made his partner in the monarchy...
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A History of Medieval Spain
Book by Joseph F. O'Callaghan; Cornell University Press, 1975
Subjects: Portugal--History--Period Of Discoveries, 1385-1580, Portugal--History--To 1385, Spain--History--711-1516, Spain--History--Gothic Period, 414-711
...the sixth century. From about 574, Leovigild began to penetrate into the northwest...them. Recognizing this difficulty, Leovigild in 580 convoked a synod of Arian bishops...but it was not forthcoming. Meanwhile Leovigild responded vigorously, defeating the...
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The Merovingian Kingdoms, 450-751
Book by Ian Wood; Longman, 1994
Subjects: France--Church History--To 987, France--History--To 987, France--Kings And Rulers--History, Merovingians
...restore her position when she married Leovigild, who became co-ruler with Athanagilds...succeeded to the throne himself. 106 Leovigild already had two sons, Hermenegild and...led to conflict between Hermenegild and Leovigild, and ultimately to open rebellion...
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Taming Rasputin? Braulio and St Aemilian
Journal article by A.T. Fear; Medium Aevum, Vol. 76, 2007
Subjects: Braulio of Saragossa, Saint--Criticism and interpretation, Hagiography--Criticism and interpretation, Life of St Aemilian (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Saints--Criticism and interpretation
...the avenging sword yindice gladio) of Leovigild. (82) Braulio is referring here to...bishop shows great diplomatic skill. Leovigild, who had united the peninsula under...upon by later writers. Braulio depicts Leovigild here as the agent of divine wrath, recalling...


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encyclopedia articles on: Leovigild  - 4 results

 
 
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Leovigild
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LEOVIGILD leov igild , leo , d. 586, Visigothic...imitated that of the Byzantine court. Leovigild was constantly at war with the Byzantines...territories of the Byzantine Empire. Leovigild made important additions to the Visigothic...
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Recared
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Visigothic king in Spain (586 601), son and successor of Leovigild . Although before his accession he had greatly distinguished...Recared modified the Visigothic law even more than Euric or Leovigild. His work is, however, a matter of conjecture. His name...
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Visigoths
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Franks and the Basques and by Byzantine penetration in S Spain, the kingdom recovered its vigor in the late 6th cent. under Leovigild and under Recared , whose conversion to Catholicism facilitated the fusion of the Visigothic and the Hispano-Roman populations...
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Athanagild
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...splendor. Athanagild was the father of the Frankish queens Brunhilda and Galswintha. He was succeeded by his brothers Liuva and Leovigild. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia...


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