Photos from the 2026 summer course

Photos from the 2026 summer course

Queridos seguidores: Hoy queremos compartir con vosotros algunas fotos del curso de verano “Viaje al imaginario clásico: entre palabras, mármoles y pinceles”. Este encuentro, codirigido por Mirella Romero Recio y Nerea Fernández Cadenas, se celebró del 29 de junio al...
World Book Day and the importance of reading

World Book Day and the importance of reading

Dear followers, today, April 23rd, is World Book Day, and here at the BADDO Project, we want to champion the vital importance of reading. To do so, we are traveling back in time to remember one of the most illustrious intellectuals of the Visigothic period: Isidore of...
Saint Guntram (March 28)

Saint Guntram (March 28)

Did you know that today we remember a Frankish king who went head-to-head with one of the most famous rulers of the Visigothic Kingdom? Saint Guntram was a 6th-century Merovingian King of Burgundy. Though he is remembered today for his eventual piety, care for the...

Happy International Women’s Day!

When we look back at the Iberian Peninsula in the 6th–7th centuries, we often see a world defined by warlords. But at the heart of these cultural shifts, women were wielding incredible power. History books often try to leave them out, but the facts speak for...
What motivated Reccared’s conversion to Catholicism?

What motivated Reccared’s conversion to Catholicism?

In 589, with the celebration of the Third Council of Toledo, the conversion of the Visigothic King Reccared to Catholicism was made public. But what motivated the King to convert? Historians have long asked themselves this question, and their conclusions can be...