De rebus Hispaniae

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Manuscript of the Chronicle De rebus Hispaniae .

De rebus Hispaniae is a story of the Iberian Peninsula written by the Toledan Archbishop Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada ( Latinized Rodericus Ximenius de Rada ) in the first half of the 13th century on behalf of Ferdinand III. was written in Latin . In addition to the original title, the work is also under Historia gótica or gothica ("Gothic history", ie history of the Visigothic epoch of Spain), Cronicón del Toledano ("Toledan Chronicle") or Cronicón de las cosas sucedidas en España ("Chronicle of the incidents in Spain ") known.

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De rebus Hispaniae consists of nine books that take up the chronicles of the Iberian Peninsula known at the time. It thus covers the period from the first known peoples to 1243.

Jiménez de Rada used Andalusian - i.e. Moorish - sources for the first time in Hispanic historiography and directs his gaze to all Spanish territories, which include the kingdoms of Aragon , Navarre , Portugal as well as those of Castile and León and its predecessor, Asturias .

He dedicated an important part of the chronicle to the Visigothic kingdom , which made the chapter name historia gothica a synonym. The other chapters deal with the different peoples and their reigns on the Iberian Peninsula: Romans , Huns , Vandals , Suebi , Alans , Moors etc.

The chronicle was widely accepted and was translated into various Romance languages . For centuries it was a key work in the study of Spanish history .

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  • Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada: Historia de los hechos de España . Edited translation (Introducción, traducción, notas e índices de Juan Fernández Valverde), Alianza Editorial, Madrid 1989 (= Alianza universidad 587: Historia ), ISBN 84-206-2587-6 (Spanish translation by Historia de rebus Hispanie )

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