<P> Importantly , Spain never saw a decline in interest in classical culture to the degree observable in Britain , Gaul , Lombardy and Germany . The Visigoths , having assimilated Roman culture during their tenure as foederati , tended to maintain more of the old Roman institutions , and they had a unique respect for legal codes that resulted in continuous frameworks and historical records for most of the period between 415 , when Visigothic rule in Spain began , and 711 , when it is traditionally said to end . However , during the Visigothic dominion the cultural efforts made by the Franks and other Germanic tribes were not felt in the peninsula , nor achieved in the lesser kingdoms that emerged after the Muslim conquest . </P>
<P> Importantly , Spain never saw a decline in interest in classical culture to the degree observable in Britain , Gaul , Lombardy and Germany . The Visigoths , having assimilated Roman culture during their tenure as foederati , tended to maintain more of the old Roman institutions , and they had a unique respect for legal codes that resulted in continuous frameworks and historical records for most of the period between 415 , when Visigothic rule in Spain began , and 711 , when it is traditionally said to end . However , during the Visigothic dominion the cultural efforts made by the Franks and other Germanic tribes were not felt in the peninsula , nor achieved in the lesser kingdoms that emerged after the Muslim conquest . </P>
who ruled spain after the roman empire fell
who ruled spain after the roman empire fell
The Visigoths
The Visigoths