The Making of "the Burgundian kingdom"

Wood, Ian (2021) The Making of "the Burgundian kingdom". Reti Medievali Rivista, 22 (2). pp. 111-140. ISSN 1593-2214

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Abstract

What is usually called “the Burgundian kingdom” differed in various respects from the other “successor states” of the fifth and sixth centuries. It was not a territorial entity associated with a people (as was the case for the kingdoms of the Visigoths in Aquitaine and that of the Vandals in North Africa), but was rather a region of the later Roman Empire that was controlled by members of the Gibichung family who were put in post by the imperial administration in Italy, primarily by Ricimer, to whom they were connected by marriage. They were advised by Romans, including Sidonius Apollinaris, although in collecting his letters he appears to have deliberately downplayed his role, which is most clearly stated in his epitaph. The association of the Gibichungs with the West Roman court ended with the elevation of Julius Nepos, but they continued to act as imperial agents down to the 520s.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Middle Ages, 5th-6th centuries, Sapaudia, Burgundians, Visigoths, Chilperic, Euric, Gibichungs, Gundioc, Gundobad, Ricimer, Sidonius Apollinaris
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History
Depositing User:	dr Vincenzo De Luise
Date Deposited:	30 Dec 2021 13:28
Last Modified:	30 Dec 2021 13:28
URI:	http://www.rmoa.unina.it/id/eprint/6717

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