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• Visigoths — • One of the two principal branches of the Goths Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Visigoths     Visigoths     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Visigoths — A votive crown belonging to Recceswinth (653–672), as found in the treasure of Guarrazar, Spain. (National Archaeological Museum of Spain). The Visigoths (Latin: Visigothi, Tervingi, Wisigothi, Vesi, Visi, Wesi, or Wisi) were one of two main… …   Wikipedia

• Visigoths —    Barbarian people whose migration played an important role in the decline and fall of the Western Roman Empire. The contacts of the Visigoths (literally west men ; also known as the West Goths or Tervingi) with the Roman Empire may have started …   Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe

• Visigoths —    Division of the Goths (q.v.) who, along with the Ostrogoths (q.v.), converted to Arianism (q.v.). This probably occurred (in the third century, rather than in the fourth century) through the missionary activity of Ulfilas (q.v.). In 376 the… …   Historical dictionary of Byzantium

• Visigoths — Wisigoths ou Visigoths ( Goths sages ) anc. peuple germanique qui apparut dans l histoire au déb. du IVe s. Ils résidaient entre le Dniepr et le Danube. Ils obtinrent des Romains l autorisation de s installer en Thrace (376), mais se révoltèrent… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Visigoths — Wisigoths Migrations Les Wisigoths (en allemand Westgoten, ou Goths de l Ouest, ou encore Tervinges) étaient un peuple germanique d origine scandinave, issu de la Suède méridionale et incorporé tardivement dans l Occident romain. Après la chute… …   Wikipédia en Français

• VISIGOTHS —    a branch of the Goths that settled in the South of France and in Spain …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Visigoths — Vis·i·goth || vɪzɪgɒθ n. member of the western division of the Goths …   English contemporary dictionary

• Timeline of Portuguese history (Germanic Kingdoms) — This is a historical timeline of Portugal.=Germanic Kingdoms=5th Century*409 **Invasion of the NW of the Iberian peninsula (the Roman Gallaecia) by the Germanic Suevi (Quadi and Marcomanni) under king Hermerico, accompanied by the Buri. The… …   Wikipedia

• Spain — /spayn/, n. a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 39,244,195; 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Cap.: Madrid. Spanish, España. * * * Spain Introduction Spain Background: Spain s powerful world empire of the 16th and… …   Universalium

• History of Toulouse — Before 118 BC: pre Roman times The history of Toulouse can be traced as far back as the 8th century BC, according to the oldest archaeological evidence of human settlement. The location was very advantageous: an easy crossing of the Garonne River …   Wikipedia