Das Ende des Heidentums in Hispania

Abstract

Sources about the religious history of the Iberian Peninsula in Late Antiquity are dominated by a Christian bias. The general tendency of those sources is to negate the very existence of Paganism in the 5th , 6th, and 7th century: Instead, it is claimed that all inhabitants are Christians and religious conflicts are explained as arising from superstition, magical practices or Christian heresies. This article argues that Paganism coexisted with Christianity much longer than is commonly assumed.