[gothic-l] Gothic Tradition on the Iberian Peninsula

[Bertil Haggman]

So for a while Leon was designated "regnum Gothorum" , a sign
that the Visigoths still had a role to play in tradition and history.
The beginning reconquista from the Saracens starting at
Covadonga is regarded as the work of the Visigothic heirs.

Then there is the weighty Acta translationis corporis S. Isidori,
a tale of the transferral in 1063 of the bones of the Gothic
national saint from Seville to Leon. This was seen as a sign
of a transferral of Spanish christendom's center. Also in this
document the central trhought is "gloria et regnum goticae gentis",
which is coming to life anew with Pelayo and his successors on
the throne of Leon. In the Isidor Cathedral of Leon it was also claimed
that the law of the Visigoths was preserved ("Rex Fernandus statuit,
vt in eius Ecclesia leges Gotticae à Legionensibus omnibus 
discernerentur"). 

During the 10th and 11th centuries new powers arose - Navarra,
Castile, and Aragon - becoming a growing threat to Leon as the
leading power in Spanish christendom, put Leon preserved 
the reverence of the others of being the heir and continuing force
of the Visigothic kingdom. Leon even introduced an imperial title
to demonstrate its hegemonial position among Spain's christian
kingdoms. It was not until 1230, that the position of Leon disappeared
with the unification with Castile.

It was now Castile that would take over the Gothic tradition.

Gothically

Bertil



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