[gothic-l] Castile and Visigothic Tradition

[Bertil Haggman]

It seems now reasonable to move on from Historia Gothica to
two well known Castilian historical works related to Visigothic
tradition on the Iberian peninsula.

Regum Hispaniae anacephalaeosis by Alfonso de Caragena,
bishop of Burgos.

Alfonso was known as a prominent diplomat. He introduced his work
with a few short geographic chapters, about the "three world continents"
and especially Europe, the second about Spain. In the European
chapter he mainly deals with far off regions, from where the Goths emerged.
Alfonso relates to Isidorus and states that he wants to relate Spain to Gothia.
He also writes about the island of Skandia ("Origo autem Gotthorum, vt ex aliquibus
historiis colligitur, ex insula Scanthia, seu Scythia fuit.").

Later on he relates to the area of Dacia, Suecia, Noruegia and Gothia.
The pictures of the Visigothic kings in his work are illustrated with the Danish
state weapon at the time.

The root of the Visigoths is according to Alfonso Atanarik, first king of the
Visigoths in his view, during the time they still inhabited the area between
the rivers Dnjestr and Danube. Alfonso also alleges that Wulfila's alphabet
was used in Spain until the 12th century.

Gothically

Bertil

Mr. Bertil Haggman, LL.M.
author
Member, Swedish Writer's Union
E-mail: mvk575b at tninet.se




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