In episode 17 I explain the reign of Reccared and the Visigoths' conversion to Catholicism in the Third Council of Toledo, as well as the reigns of Liuva II, Witteric and Gundemar. Moreover, I discuss the Church, administration and taxation of the Visigothic period.

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Hook 00:19 The Religious Conflict in Visigothic Iberia 03:25 The Conversion of Reccared 06:48 The Opposition Against Reccared 10:28 The Third Council of Toledo and the Visigoths' Conversion 16:49 The Reign of Reccared 20:02 Witteric and Gundemar 24:00 The Church in the Visigothic Period 28:14 Visigothic Taxation and Administration 33:19 The Verdict: Caesaropapism or Theocracy? 34:58 Outro