UNIT 4. INSTITUTIONS OF VISIGOTHIC SPAIN

The Visigothic kingdom instituted a monarchial system, with...

• Elected kings

• Kings with divine powers

• Kings with absolute powers

• The Visigoths did not have a monarchial system

The Visigoths preserved the Roman provincial structure, dividing the kingdom into provinces, also called...

• Regia Provincia

• Duchies

• Comites

• Palatinum

The Visigothic State had its capital in:

• Madrid

• Valladolid

• Toledo

• Granada

Original name of the ‘Book of Judges’, enacted by Receswinth that became the law code for all inhabitants of Spain:

Spanish name of ‘Liber Iudicorum’ (Book of Judges), enacted by Receswinth that became the law code for all inhabitants of Spain:

Who was the king that conversed the Visigoths to Catholicism?

• Receswinth

• Leovigild

• Alaric

• Reccared

In the Visigothic State, royal patrimony and royal treasury was the same:

• True

• False

Initially, who were subjects with full civil rights?

• Only Goths

• Only Hispano-Romans

• Goths and Hispano-Romans

• Every inhabitant in the Peninsula apart from the slaves

Name of the ecclesiastic gatherings of a provincial or general character:

Aula Regia was...

• A legislative assembly

• A political assembly

• A civil assembly

• A religious assembly