Ralph W. Mathisen
Author of Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations: From Prehistory to 640 CE
About the Author
Ralph W. Mathisen is Professor of History, Classics, and Medieval Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has authored, edited, or coedited thirteen books and has published 100 scholarly articles.
Works by Ralph W. Mathisen
Roman Aristocrats in Barbarian Gaul: Strategies for Survival in an Age of Transition (1993) 20 copies
The Battle of Vouillé, 507 CE (Millennium-Studien/Millennium Studies) (2012) — Editor — 8 copies, 1 review
People, Personal Expression, and Social Relations in Late Antiquity, Volume I: With Translated Texts from Gaul and… (2003) 2 copies
Associated Works
Late Antique Letter Collections: A Critical Introduction and Reference Guide (2016) — Contributor — 6 copies
Fifty Years of Prosopography: The Later Roman Empire, Byzantium and Beyond (Proceedings of the British Academy) (2003) — Contributor — 4 copies
Medievalia Et Humanistica: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Culture, New Series No.12 (1984) — Contributor — 4 copies
Qui Miscuit Utile Dulci: Festschrift Essays for Paul Lachlan Mackendrick (1998) — Contributor — 1 copy
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This then is a collection of papers related to the battle. As is not uncommon with this sort of collections on ancient or medieval battles, only one is actually about the battle itself. Another is on the wider war, the rest of questions like whether the war was religious in motivation (probably not, but succeeding generations liked to think so), Byzantine diplomatic involvement, and the Visigoths in Gaul being more-or-less unidentifiable archaeologically.
I found some papers more interesting than others, but overall it's a good read. It's legally available as a free download here.… (more)