El lugar de visigodos y omeyas en la historiografía de los siglos xix y XX. Aportaciones a un debate sobre continuidad y ruptura

Abstract

This text aims to analyze the evolution during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries paradigms of the historical division between Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages and its impact on Spanish archeology. In a special will be described how and when the concept of late antiquity was introduced, replacing the previous paradigms. Also we try to analyze whether the continuity and process elements connected thereto affect the origins of al-Andalus, discussing the existence of an abrupt and sharp cut from the Arab and Berber invasion.