''De rebus Hispaniae'' or ''Historia gothica''''De rebus Hispaniae'' is the original Latin title. ''Historia gótica'' is the later vulgar title. It is also known as the ''Cronicón del Toledano'' or ''Cronicón de las cosas sucedidas en España'', or in English ''A General History of Spain''. is a history of the

Iberian peninsula The Iberian Peninsula (), ** * Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica'' ** ** * french: Péninsule Ibérique * mwl, Península Eibérica * eu, Iberiar penintsula also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in southwestern Europe, defi ...

written in Latin by Archdiocese of Toledo, Archbishop of Toledo Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada in the first half of the thirteenth century on behalf of King Ferdinand III of Castile. ''De rebus Hispaniae'' consists of nine books that contain the history of the peninsula from the first peoples to the year 1243. For the first time in Spanish historiography, Jiménez de Rada used sources from Al Andalus and developed a view of all the peninsular territories including the kingdoms of Kingdom of Aragon, Aragon, Kingdom of Navarre, Navarre, Kingdom of Portugal, Portugal, Kingdom of Castile, Castile, Kingdom of León, León and León's predecessor the Kingdom of Asturias. The book dedicates a large section to the dominion of the Visigothic Kingdom; the chapter entitled, ''historia gothica'', is very extensive and detailed. Other sections cover the other different peninsular peoples: Ancient Rome, Romans, Ostrogoths, Huns, Vandals, Suebi, Alans, Arabs, etc. This work was widely accepted and was translated into most of the Romance languages. Over the centuries it has been a crucial source for the study of the History of Spain.

Editions

*''Historia de los hechos de España''. Introduction, translation, notes and indices by Juan Fernández Valverde. Madrid: Alianza Editorial, 1989.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:De Rebus Hispaniae 13th century in Castile 13th-century Latin books 13th-century history books History books about the Iberian Peninsula Iberian chronicles