About the bishopric of Pamplona of the Visighotic period

Abstract

This paper is written in answer to another from J.J. Larrea about the same subject, and its aim is to prove that the behaviour of the bishopric of Pamplona regarding the attendance at the Visigothic councils was very far from normal, and had a lot to do with factors alien to the generality of Spanish dioceses. With this aim, the author emphasizes the succession of facts that made difficult the position of the bishopric of Pamplona at this period, facts that had to do with the situation of instability and political indefinition that came about in the area after the fall of the Romain Empire. According to the auhor, the weak implantation of the Visigothic power in the North of Spain —facing the holders of local or regional power— would explain to a great extent the short story of attendances of the Bishop of Pamplona at the Visigothic councils.