Epigraphic habit and power in Visigothic Hispania

• Javier De Santiago Fernandez ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Complutense de Madrid

     Universidad Complutense de Madrid

     Madrid, España

     
• Localización: The Visigothic kingdom: the negotiation of power in Post-Roman Iberia / Sabine Panzram (ed. lit.), Paulo Pachá (ed. lit.), 2020, ISBN 978-94-6372-063-2, págs. 273-291
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  • Epigraphic production is a means of representing power. The most powerful classes of Visigothic society used epigraphs as a tool to disseminate their ideas. The church used epigraphs as a means to make known its liturgy, doctrine, buildings, and hierarchies. In addition, the civil hierarchy (monarchy and nobility) used them to demonstrate their privileged social position. Epigraphs employed technical communicative strategies to transform them into an effective means to disseminate ideas.