Wamba has been packed off to a monastery, so it’s time for Julian to claim the throne. I mean, Ervig! Join us for supervillian origin stories, grammatical corrections, and an ill-fated marriage as we rate and review King Ervig!
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Categories
Conquistadores
Really nothing to say here.
Score
Peter: 0
Sarah: 0
Total: 0
No Me Digas
The Chronicle of Alfonso III calls him pious and moderate. The Chronicle of 754 says nothing about his character. Égica says he was cruel and violent, but he’s not the most reliable source.
Anti-Jewish laws: obligatory baptism, no circumcision, no celebration of Jewish holidays, etc. He (Julian) called Jews a plague on Spain. As you may note, Ervig was very influenced by Julian – these new anti-Jewish laws were ready to go for the Twelfth Council.
The anti-Jewish laws also show how little effect previous anti-Jewish laws had – Ervig obviously thought it necessary to revise the laws on Jews holding Christian slaves etc. when technically there should not be Jews in Spain!
Score
Peter: 6
Sarah: 5
Total: 11
Ortodoxia
Ervig was basically a puppet of the church, so his orthodoxy is pretty standard.
Score
Peter: 5
Sarah: 5
Total: 10
El Rey-sto
Children: 1
Length of Reign: 6 years
Death: Natural
Score
Peter: 4
Sarah: 4
Total: 8
¿Fuero o Fuera?
Sources
Primary
Proceedings of the Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Councils of Toledo. Excerpted in Thompson, E. A. (1969). The Goths in Spain.
The Chronicle of 754. As translated in Wolf, Kenneth Baxter (1999). Conquerors and Chroniclers of Early Medieval Spain.
The Chronicle of Alfonso III. As translated in Wolf, Kenneth Baxter (1999). Conquerors and Chroniclers of Early Medieval Spain.
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.
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