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Considerations on the concept of Gens and its relationship with the Idea of noble identity in the thought of Isidore of Seville (7th Century)

In recent years the concept of ‘identity’ has gained a prominent position in historiographic studies. The search for definitions of specific terms, such as natio, patria and regnum in late-antiquity sources has led to research into the concept of gens/gentes. The concept of gens/gentes is loaded with double meaning, unitary in the singular and factional in the plural, and has a connotation of ‘noble identities’ that reinforces the idea of the shaping of a ‘supranational’ institution competing with royalty itself. In this study, we will analyse the construction of ‘noble identity’ in the Hispano-Visigothic kingdom of Toledo based on the writings of Isidore of Seville (560?-636).

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FRIGHETTO, Renan. Considerations on the concept of Gens and its relationship with the Idea of noble identity in the thought of Isidore of Seville (7th Century). Imago Temporis. Medium Aevum, v. 6, p. 117-140, 2013.