This book provides the first complete English translation of works by the Toledan archbishop Rodrigo Xim�nez de Rada (1170-1247 CE). The Minor Histories, serving as supplements to Rodrigo's much larger Gothic History, covered the Romans, Huns, Vandals, Alans, Suevi, Ostrogoths and Arabs, explaining how these peoples contributed to what he saw as Spain's tragic history of calamities. The last work in the series - his History of the Arabs - can be regarded as the first surviving Western monograph on Arab and Islamic history, and as such is an essential source for topics of Christian-Muslim relations and Western depictions of Islam, Muslims and Arabs. In addition to the translation of the Minor Histories, complete with annotations, this work includes a thorough and accessible introduction to the life and works of Rodrigo, who was an important figure in a crucial transition period of Spain's history that saw the balance of power in the Iberian peninsula shift decisively to the Christian kingdoms. Besides his biography, the introduction provides an in-depth assessment of Rodrigo's historiography and as such serves as a useful discussion of the use of sources by medieval historical writers.
| ISBN: | 9781526189646 |
| Publication date: | 13th January 2026 |
| Author: | Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 280 pages |
| Series: | Manchester Medieval Sources |
| Genres: |
Historiography European history: medieval period, middle ages |
This book provides the first complete English translation of works by the Toledan archbishop Rodrigo Xim�nez de Rada (1170-1247 CE). The Minor Histories, serving as supplements to Rodrigo's much larger Gothic History, covered the Romans, Huns, Vandals, Alans, Suevi, Ostrogoths and Arabs, explaining how these peoples contributed to what he saw as Spain's tragic history of calamities. The last work in the series - his History of the Arabs - can be regarded as the first surviving Western monograph on Arab and Islamic history, and as such is an essential source for topics of Christian-Muslim relations and Western depictions of Islam, Muslims and Arabs. In addition to the translation of the Minor Histories, complete with annotations, this work includes a thorough and accessible introduction to the life and works of Rodrigo, who was an important figure in a crucial transition period of Spain's history that saw the balance of power in the Iberian peninsula shift decisively to the Christian kingdoms. Besides his biography, the introduction provides an in-depth assessment of Rodrigo's historiography and as such serves as a useful discussion of the use of sources by medieval historical writers.
Rodrigo Ximenez De Rada's Minor Histories features in the following genres: Historiography, European history: medieval period, middle ages
Rodrigo Ximenez De Rada's Minor Histories is available in Hardback
Rodrigo Ximenez De Rada's Minor Histories was written by Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada and published by Manchester University Press
Rodrigo Ximenez De Rada's Minor Histories has 280 pages
Yes it is part of Manchester Medieval Sources series
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