Julian of Toledo’s History of King Wamba: Translation and Overview
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Overview Of the Visigothic kings who ruled Spain prior to the Islamic conquest, the reign of King Wamba (672-680 CE) is among those documented in greatest detail through contemporaneous or near contemporaneous historical writing, thanks to an extended narrative account by Julian of Toledo (archbishop of Toledo in the period 680-690 CE) of how Wamba dealt with a revolt early on in his reign (673 CE) in the Visigothic kingdom’s holdings in southern Gaul (now southern France)- a region that has been called by various names such as Septimania and Gothic Gaul.
Julian of Toledo’s History of King Wamba: Translation and Overview
Julian of Toledo’s History of King Wamba…
Julian of Toledo’s History of King Wamba: Translation and Overview
Overview Of the Visigothic kings who ruled Spain prior to the Islamic conquest, the reign of King Wamba (672-680 CE) is among those documented in greatest detail through contemporaneous or near contemporaneous historical writing, thanks to an extended narrative account by Julian of Toledo (archbishop of Toledo in the period 680-690 CE) of how Wamba dealt with a revolt early on in his reign (673 CE) in the Visigothic kingdom’s holdings in southern Gaul (now southern France)- a region that has been called by various names such as Septimania and Gothic Gaul.