Institute for Medieval Studies

Session	608
Title	Beyond the Invasion Narrative: The Roman World and Its Neighbours in Late Antiquity, IV - New Narratives in Hispania
Date/Time	Tuesday 12 July 2011: 11.15-12.45
Organiser	Guy Halsall, Department of History, University of York
Moderator/Chair	Michael Kulikowski, Department of History, Pennsylvania State University
Paper 608-a	Fragmentation and Thin Polities: Dynamics of the Post-Roman Duero Plateau (Hispania) (Language: English) Iñaki Martín Viso, Departamento de Historia Medieval, Moderna y Contemporánea, Universidad de Salamanca
Paper 608-b	The Elephant in the Room: New Approaches to Early Medieval Cemeteries in Central Spain (Language: English) Alfonso Vigil-Escalera, Departamento Geografía, Prehistoria y Arqueología, Universidad del País Vasco - Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Vitoria-Gasteiz
Paper 608-c	Why Do We Need the Barbarians? (Language: English) Guy Halsall, Department of History, University of York
Abstract	This session shifts focus to look at the Iberian peninsula, the focus of much important work in recent years. These papers will tend to look at the very local level - highlighting another theme of this strand, which is to question to what extent the Roman world can be seen as a single harmonious whole brought down from outside - to look at the dynamics that existed within, say, the Duero Plateau, to determine social and economic development. As well as looking at settlement patterns and their relationship with competing social formations, the session will look at local identities and at the role of religion in shaping change within Spain. Halsall's paper is intended as a summing up of the four session strand.