The nobles have spoken: Chintila is king! But . . . what’s that hiding in the bushes? A Hispano-Roman uprising? Find out what happens when you have to say what goes without saying, why only 22 bishops showed up for Chintila’s party, and who the heck Tulga is in Chintila’s episode!
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Conquistadores
Chintila is chosen by the Gothic nobility, and he’s walking right into a time of instability. Sisenand’s edicts from the Fourth Council of Toledo had kept a lid on any insurrections, but it’s clear from the historical evidence that the population of Spain was not happy with how things were going, and right off the bat Chintila has to deal with a revolt – but not just any revolt: all the historical evidence points to the revolt being headed by a Hispano-Roman. Chintila puts down the revolt, but he’s clearly spooked,
Score
Peter: 2
Sarah: 1
Total: 3
No Me Digas
Anti-Jewish laws
- No Jews are allowed to live in Spain (no non-Catholics)
- All future kings must swear to uphold the anti-Jewish laws
- 6th Council of Toledo had received a letter from the Pope (Honorius I) chastising them for being lax on the Jewish population; Bishop Braulio of Zaragoza sent him the proceedings of the 4th Council of Toledo.
Score
Peter: 2
Sarah: 3
Total: 5
Ortodoxia
Chintila seems pretty standardly orthodox. The anti-Jewish laws and his friendliness with the clergy are notable.
Score
Peter: 5
Sarah: 5
Total: 10
El Rey-sto
Children: 1
Length of Reign: 4 years
Death: Natural
Score
Peter: 2
Sarah: 2
Total: 4
¿Fuero o Fuera?
Sources
Primary
Proceedings of the Fifth and Sixth Councils of Toledo. Excerpted in Thompson, E. A. (1969). The Goths in Spain.
Chronicle, Fredegar. As translated in Wallace-Hadrill, J. M. (1960). The Fourth Book of the Chronicles of Fredegar.
Secondary
Thompson, E. A. (1969). The Goths in Spain.
Collins, Roger (1995). Early Medieval Spain: Unity in Diversity, 400-1000.
O’Callaghan, Joseph F. (1975). A History of Medieval Spain.
The Spanish ArPodA 