Alfonso i, king of asturias from 739 to 757, probably the soninlaw of the first asturian king, pelayo. Alfonso ii 125 march 1157 25 april 1196, called the chaste or the troubadour, was the king of aragon and, as alfons i, the count of barcelona from 1164 until his death. The chronicle of alfonson lll and its significance for the. After having suffered a great defeat with his own army at alarcos against the almohads in 1195, he. The chronicle was apparently written in the early 880s, when the asturian monarchy under alfonso iii was taking advantage of a period of political instability in the cordoban emirate and thinkingprematurely, as it turned outthat arab rule in spain was. Alfonso ii 759842, called the chaste, was the king of asturias from 791 to his death, alfonso is reputed grandson, the son of fruela i and the basque munia. He is most remembered for his part in the reconquista and the downfall of the almohad caliphate.
Cronica alfonso iii pdf rotense sebastianense albeldense. Chronica adefonsi tertii regis is a chronicle composed in the early tenth century on the order of king alfonso iii of leon with the goal of showing the continuity between visigothic spain and the later christian medieval spain. Intended as a continuation of isidore of sevilles history of the goths, it is written in a late form of latin and outlines a. The chronicle of alfonso iii was meant to be as continuation of isidores history of the goths, vandals, and suevi. The asturian kingdom provided the earliest organised resistance in the iberian peninsula to the muslim invaders who overthrew the visigothic state at the start of the 8th century. Full text of cronica alfonso iii pdf rotense sebastianense. Soon after his accession, he was forced by pope pius iv to send back his mother to france due to her calvinist creed. In particular, it examines the chronicle of alfonso iii not as a disappointing source which fails to yield to modern scholars the information they crave on this obscure period of early spanish history, but, rather, as an expression of the aims of a medieval author and his copyists. Historians of the kingdom are totally reliant on a late 9thcentury cycle of asturian chronicles associated with the royal court, the. The rebellion of the berber garrisons in islamic spain 741 and the civil strife there that followed gave him the opportunity to incorporate galicia into his kingdom. The chronicle was the product of scarce and valuable resources. Problemas medicolegales del sujeto vivo y del cadaver iii. The eldest son of count ramon berenguer iv of barcelona and queen petronilla of aragon, he was the first king of aragon who was also count of barcelona.
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