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Present and Precedent in the Church Councils of Late Antique Iberia (RHS Historical Transactions) (2024)
Digital Artefact
Barrett, G., & Wood, J. (2024). Present and Precedent in the Church Councils of Late Antique Iberia (RHS Historical Transactions). [Blog Post]. London

In this post, Graham Barrett and Jamie Wood outline their recent workshop on the compact between Church and crown in late antique Iberia. The workshop, funded by the Royal Historical Society’s Workshop Grant programme, enabled participants to collabo... Read More about Present and Precedent in the Church Councils of Late Antique Iberia (RHS Historical Transactions).

Conservatism in Language: Framing Latin in Late Antique and Early Medieval Iberia (2023)
Book Chapter
Barrett, G. (2023). Conservatism in Language: Framing Latin in Late Antique and Early Medieval Iberia. In A. Mullen, & G. Woudhuysen (Eds.), Languages and Communities in the Late-Roman and Post-Imperial Western Provinces (85-125). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198888956.003.0004

This chapter sketches the general features of Latin in the Iberian Peninsula in its late antique and early medieval context: from 400 to 700, in contact with Greek, Hebrew, and trace Germanic and British Celtic elements, and from 700 to 1000, in dial... Read More about Conservatism in Language: Framing Latin in Late Antique and Early Medieval Iberia.

The Social Context of the Charter: Times and Places of Documentation in Early Medieval Iberia (711-1031) (2023)
Journal Article
Barrett, G. (2023). The Social Context of the Charter: Times and Places of Documentation in Early Medieval Iberia (711-1031). Studia Historica. Historia Medieval, 41(2), 9-33. https://doi.org/10.14201/shhme2023412933

When and where was a charter written? Whether the scribe prepared it before, during, or after a transaction, on the spot or elsewhere, conditions its standing as historical evidence. They are basic questions for understanding how the written record r... Read More about The Social Context of the Charter: Times and Places of Documentation in Early Medieval Iberia (711-1031).

Sourcebook Entries (12) (2023)
Book Chapter
Barrett, G. (2023). Sourcebook Entries (12). In D. Thomas, J. P. Monferrer-Sala, J. Palitzsch, T. Carlson, & G. Barrett (Eds.), Christian-Muslim Relations: Primary Sources, 1. 600-1500 (259-62, 270-73, 278-81, 291-4, 304-6, 314-17, 332-5, 335-8, 349-51, 354-6, 377-80, 385-9.). Bloomsbury

‘Latin and Romance Writings on Islam’, ‘Chronicle of 754’, ‘Book of Pontiffs’, ‘Chronicle of Albelda’, ‘Rodolfus Glaber, Five Books of Histories’, ‘Book of Testaments of Lorvão’, ‘Francis of Assisi, Rules of the Friars Minor’, ‘Jacques de Vitry, Hist... Read More about Sourcebook Entries (12).

Christian-Muslim Relations: Primary Sources, 1. 600-1500 (2023)
Book
Barrett, G., Thomas, D., Monferrer-Sala, J. P., Pahlitzsch, J., & Carlson, T. (2023). Christian-Muslim Relations: Primary Sources, 1. 600-1500. Bloomsbury

This three-volume reference work brings together over 400 extracts from the major writings left by Christians and Muslims that reflect their reciprocal knowledge and the attitudes that gradually developed. Each volume contains a general introduction... Read More about Christian-Muslim Relations: Primary Sources, 1. 600-1500.

Justus Heurnius, Admonition on Undertaking the Gospel Mission to the Indies (2023)
Book Chapter
Barrett, G. (2023). Justus Heurnius, Admonition on Undertaking the Gospel Mission to the Indies. In M. Frederiks (Ed.), Christian-Muslim Relations: Primary Sources, 2. 1500-1700 (254-258). Bloomsbury

This is an introduction and translation of a Latin primary source illustrating an episode in the history of Christian-Muslim relations, part of a larger sourcebook on this theme from 1500 to 1700.

Empire and the Politics of Faction: Mérida and Toledo Revisited (2023)
Book Chapter
Barrett, G. (2023). Empire and the Politics of Faction: Mérida and Toledo Revisited. In D. Fernández, M. Lester, & J. Wood (Eds.), Rome and Byzantium in the Visigothic Kingdom: Beyond Imitatio Imperii (277-315). Amsterdam University Press

When Reccared presided over the conversion of the Visigoths in 589, the chronicler John of Biclarum wrote that he embodied the emperor Constantine at Nicaea, Marcian at Chalcedon. It is tempting to see state formation in Late Antiquity through the le... Read More about Empire and the Politics of Faction: Mérida and Toledo Revisited.

Text and Textuality in Early Medieval Iberia: the Written and the World, 711-1031 (2023)
Book
Barrett, G. (2023). Text and Textuality in Early Medieval Iberia: the Written and the World, 711-1031. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192895370.001.0001

This book is a study of the functions and conceptions of writing and reading, documentation and archives, and the role of literate authorities in the Christian kingdoms of the northern Iberian Peninsula between the Muslim conquest of 711 and the fall... Read More about Text and Textuality in Early Medieval Iberia: the Written and the World, 711-1031.

Reading through the Pandemic: Promoting Active Digital Engagement with Text-Based Resources (2023)
Journal Article
Barrett, G., East, M., Fitzgibbons, J., Vescovi, M., & Wood, J. (2023). Reading through the Pandemic: Promoting Active Digital Engagement with Text-Based Resources. IMPact, 6(2), 1-30

This small-scale study highlights some of the challenges faced teaching first-year undergraduate History students during the Covid-19 pandemic in the 2019-20 and 2020-21 academic years and outlines the strategies that were put in place to address the... Read More about Reading through the Pandemic: Promoting Active Digital Engagement with Text-Based Resources.

Promoting Active Engagement with Text-Based Resources in Large First-Year Modules in History (2022)
Book Chapter
Barrett, G., Chandler, J., Wood, J., & East, M. (2022). Promoting Active Engagement with Text-Based Resources in Large First-Year Modules in History. In A. M. Farrell, & A. Logan (Eds.), Pedagogy for Higher Education Large Classes (PHELC): Proceedings of the Fourth PHELC Symposium (40-44). Dublin City University. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7045749

In large courses it can be particularly challenging to engage students in active reading practices. The shift over the last decade to the use of digital sources, and during the pandemic the adoption of online teaching, has further exacerbated the pro... Read More about Promoting Active Engagement with Text-Based Resources in Large First-Year Modules in History.

Perspectives on Classics: Classical Studies at the University of Lincoln (2022)
Digital Artefact
Barrett, G. (2022). Perspectives on Classics: Classical Studies at the University of Lincoln

This paper forms part of 'Perspectives on Classics', a special issue of the Council of University Classics Departments Bulletin which brings together a range of contributors, including students and teachers at various stages of their careers in both... Read More about Perspectives on Classics: Classical Studies at the University of Lincoln.

Latinity: Rhetoric and Anxiety after Antiquity (2022)
Journal Article
Barrett, G., & Margolis, O. (2022). Latinity: Rhetoric and Anxiety after Antiquity. Eranos: Acta Philologica Suecana, 112, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.33063/er.v112i.6

This introduction sets the scene for six essays devoted to the study of the discourse of Latin. Despite the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century, Latin remained the dominant code of communication in European society for a millennium.... Read More about Latinity: Rhetoric and Anxiety after Antiquity.

Towards a Trans-Regional Approach to Early Medieval Iberia (2022)
Journal Article
Barrett, G., Carvajal Castro, Á., Marques, A. E., Agúndez San Miguel, L., Castro Correa, A., Fernández Ferreiro, M., Jarrett, J., Peterson, D., Quetglas Munar, R., Sánchez Pardo, J. C., Santos Salazar, I., & Tomás Faci, G. (2022). Towards a Trans-Regional Approach to Early Medieval Iberia. History Compass, 20(6), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1111/hic3.12743

The past few decades have witnessed great change in the study of the early Middle Ages in the Northern Iberian Peninsula. Spanish and Portuguese historiographies have moved away from older grand narratives such as ‘Reconquest and Repopulation’, which... Read More about Towards a Trans-Regional Approach to Early Medieval Iberia.

Dictionary Entries (27) (2022)
Book Chapter
Barrett, G. (2022). Dictionary Entries (27). In A. Louth (Ed.), The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (Vol. 1: 1-2, 264, 313, 533, 684, 890, 1041; Vol. 2: 1104-6, 1134, 1135, 1168, 1466, 1467-8, 1524, 1543, 1581, 1672, 1710-11, 1721, 1792, 1796-7, 1822-5, 1872-3, 2029, 2031-2, 2035-6.). (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780199642465.001.0001

‘Abbo (or Abbon), St’, ‘Boniface I, St’, ‘Callistus (or Calixtus) I, St’, ‘Decretum Gelasianum’, ‘Fabricius, Johann Albert’, ‘Hilary of Poitiers, St’, ‘Jovinian’, ‘Latin’, ‘Liberian Catalogue’, ‘Liber Pontificalis’, ‘Lucy, St’, ‘Paula, St’, ‘Paulinus... Read More about Dictionary Entries (27).

The Bloomsbury Reader in Christian-Muslim Relations, 600-1500 (2022)
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Barrett, G., Thomas, D., Monferrer-Sala, J. P., Carlson, T., & Pahlitzsch, J. (2022). The Bloomsbury Reader in Christian-Muslim Relations, 600-1500. Bloomsbury

This Reader brings together nearly 80 extracts from major works by Christians and Muslims that reflect their reciprocal knowledge and attitudes. It spans the period from the early seventh century, when Islam originated, to 1500. The general introduct... Read More about The Bloomsbury Reader in Christian-Muslim Relations, 600-1500.

Sourcebook Entries (6) (2022)
Book Chapter
Barrett, G. (2022). Sourcebook Entries (6). In D. Thomas, J. P. Monferrer-Sala, T. Carlson, J. Pahlitzsch, & G. Barrett (Eds.), The Bloomsbury Reader in Christian-Muslim Relations, 600-1500 (217-20, 224-7, 235-8, 251-4, 270-73, 295-8.). Bloomsbury

‘Latin and Romance Writings on Islam’, ‘Book of Pontiffs’, ‘Chronicle of Albelda’, ‘Book of Testaments of Lorvão’, ‘Francis of Assisi, Rules of the Friars Minor’, ‘Ramon Llull, Book of the Gentile and the Three Wise Men’.

Latinity after Antiquity [Special Issue: Eranos Acta Philologica Suecana,112] (2021)
Book
Barrett, G., & Margolis, O. (Eds.). (2021). Latinity after Antiquity [Special Issue: Eranos Acta Philologica Suecana,112]. Svenska Klassikerförbundet

This special issue of Eranos: Acta Philologica Suecana comprises an introduction and six essays devoted to the study of the discourse of Latin in the post-Classical world. Our object is to study the language of the language itself: the value attribut... Read More about Latinity after Antiquity [Special Issue: Eranos Acta Philologica Suecana,112].

Hispania at Home and Abroad (2020)
Book Chapter
Barrett, G. (2020). Hispania at Home and Abroad. In S. Barton, & R. Portass (Eds.), Beyond the Reconquista: New Directions in the History of Medieval Iberia (711-1085). In Honour of Simon Barton (52-119). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004423879_004

How do I get to early medieval Hispania, and can you meet me there? If we go looking, we can find it, but not where we might expect. More than a few contemporaries gave this some thought, and all who did so pointed to the same spot – at least at firs... Read More about Hispania at Home and Abroad.

God’s Librarian: Isidore of Seville and His Literary Agenda (2019)
Book Chapter
Barrett, G. (2019). God’s Librarian: Isidore of Seville and His Literary Agenda. In A. Fear, & J. Wood (Eds.), A Companion to Isidore of Seville (42-100). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004415454_004

What I hope to show in the following pages is that Isidore of Seville, seen in the mirror of his own words, aimed not to become catechist to centuries of priests and monks, nor indeed to achieve any great stylistic or generic innovation as such, but... Read More about God’s Librarian: Isidore of Seville and His Literary Agenda.