You already know how this one is going to turn out, but have a listen to learn about the many hairstyles of Tulga, the boy king, and his nemesis Chindasuinth, literally the oldest noble alive.
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Categories
Conquistadores
Um . . . nothing.
Score
Peter: 0
Sarah: 0
Total: 0
No Me Digas
Nada.
Score
Peter: 0
Sarah: 0
Total: 0
Ortodoxia
Instead of executing the former king, Chindasuinth chose to have Tulga tonsured. This prohibited Tulga from being king, as laid down in the edicts of the Fourth Council of Toledo. He was quietly shipped off to a monastery and never heard from again.
Score
Peter: 1
Sarah: 1
Total: 2
El Rey-sto
Children: 0
Length of Reign: 2 years
Death: In a monastery
Score
Peter: 2
Sarah: 2
Total: 4
¿Fuero o Fuera?
Sources
Primary
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.
Recommendations
A Paper Plane cocktail
Evan Dahm’s Twitch stream, “The Ambiguity Program”
The Spanish ArPodA 