Thiufa
The thiufa was the highest division of the
Structure
It is unknown if the thiufae were ever actually called into service or if they existed only on paper. Perhaps smaller or larger units formed the actual basis of the Visigothic army.[citation needed]
Etymology
The term thiufadus derives from either the
Thiufadus
A class of officials called the confiscatores or exactores in the
The thiufadus, however, was both a military and judicial official.
The Liber Iudiciorum augmented the powers of the thiufadi. In their double capacity as general and judge they were assisted by sayos. The thiufadus, who controlled the countryside, seems to have been weaker than the counts who controlled the civitates, city districts.
Notes
- ^ Thompson, E. A. (1969). The Goths in Spain. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ Contamine, Phillippe; trans. Michael Jones (1984). War in the Middle Ages. Oxford: Basil Blackwell Ltd., page 20.
- ^ a b c d e f g Wiener, Leo (1915). Commentary to the Germanic Laws and Mediaeval Documents. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Commentary to the Germanic Laws and Medieval Documents.
Sources
- Thompson, E. A. The Goths in Spain. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1969.
- Contamine, Phillippe. War in the Middle Ages. trans. Michael Jones. Oxford: Basil Blackwell Ltd, 1984.
- Wiener, Leo. Commentary to the Germanic Laws and Medieval Documents. London: Oxford University Press, 1915.