Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface by Neil Christie; Introduction; Part I. Hispania (AD 400-711). An historical, archaeological and geographical background; 1. The Iberian Peninsula: a land of multiple landscapes?; 2. The last decades of the Western Roman Empire and the processes of disengagement; Part II. Landscapes without strategy?; 3. Building the urban picture in late antique Hispania; 4. Far from the ancient villae: new forms of habitat in rural contexts; Part III. Peopling the landscape
5. Identifying post-classical populations in the archaeological record6. Christian leaders? Impacts on town, country and people; 7. Ethnic landscapes? Between natives and incomers; 8. Conclusion. Landscapes of power and the new social organization of early medieval Hispania; Bibliography