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Historia de los Visigodos
Un período forjado a hierro, fuego, grandiosos personajes, luchas por la fe, mitos y cultura, cuya esencia ha impregnado toda nuestra Historia.
Sumérgete en esta fascinante epopeya que nos llevará desde el sur de Suecia, recorriendo gran parte de nuestro continente, hasta llegar a España para conocer a visigodos y ostrogodos, godos en definitiva. Sus orígenes, su división, su interesante evolución religiosa, las batallas que marcaron sus particulares destinos, sus proyectos políticos, sus luchas intestinas por el poder, el peso histórico que dieron a ciudades como Rávena y Toledo o sus imponentes referentes, como Teodorico el Grande o Leovigildo –cuyos legados son imperecederos–, tienen cabida en este volumen. Gracias a la prosa divulgativa de su autor, nos adentraremos en un periodo crucial de nuestro pasado, aquel en el que se forjó la nueva Europa bajo las cenizas del Imperio Romano de Occidente.
Si alguna vez te habías preguntando qué ocurrió tras la Hispania Romana, por qué son tan relevantes los años 410 o 589, quién es el rey Recaredo o cuál es el legado de los visigodos, en estas páginas encontrarás las respuestas a dichas preguntas... y mucho más. Por muchos estigmas que rodeen a los visigodos, su huella es muy profunda en la Historia de España: una gran obra legislativa, conversión religiosa, fina orfebrería, preciosas iglesias y un proyecto político como simiente de nuestro país, son algunas muestras de lo que, con sus luces y sombras, nos dejaron.
En tus manos tienes un libro que, por descontado, va más allá de la afamada y peculiar lista de reyes con impronunciables nombres… Un texto en el que las cuestiones simbólicas cobran un especial valor para no olvidar quiénes somos y de dónde venimos, de manera rigurosa y apasionada... como visigodos y ostrogodos merecen. Ha llegado el momento de poner las cosas en su sitio para que los godos sean el plato principal de nuestro muy apetecible “menú histórico”.
Sumérgete en esta fascinante epopeya que nos llevará desde el sur de Suecia, recorriendo gran parte de nuestro continente, hasta llegar a España para conocer a visigodos y ostrogodos, godos en definitiva. Sus orígenes, su división, su interesante evolución religiosa, las batallas que marcaron sus particulares destinos, sus proyectos políticos, sus luchas intestinas por el poder, el peso histórico que dieron a ciudades como Rávena y Toledo o sus imponentes referentes, como Teodorico el Grande o Leovigildo –cuyos legados son imperecederos–, tienen cabida en este volumen. Gracias a la prosa divulgativa de su autor, nos adentraremos en un periodo crucial de nuestro pasado, aquel en el que se forjó la nueva Europa bajo las cenizas del Imperio Romano de Occidente.
Si alguna vez te habías preguntando qué ocurrió tras la Hispania Romana, por qué son tan relevantes los años 410 o 589, quién es el rey Recaredo o cuál es el legado de los visigodos, en estas páginas encontrarás las respuestas a dichas preguntas... y mucho más. Por muchos estigmas que rodeen a los visigodos, su huella es muy profunda en la Historia de España: una gran obra legislativa, conversión religiosa, fina orfebrería, preciosas iglesias y un proyecto político como simiente de nuestro país, son algunas muestras de lo que, con sus luces y sombras, nos dejaron.
En tus manos tienes un libro que, por descontado, va más allá de la afamada y peculiar lista de reyes con impronunciables nombres… Un texto en el que las cuestiones simbólicas cobran un especial valor para no olvidar quiénes somos y de dónde venimos, de manera rigurosa y apasionada... como visigodos y ostrogodos merecen. Ha llegado el momento de poner las cosas en su sitio para que los godos sean el plato principal de nuestro muy apetecible “menú histórico”.
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First published July 7, 2020
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Daniel Gómez Aragonés
7 books17 followersHistoriador y escritor.
Su trabajo en el ámbito de la Historia se ha centrado desde hace más de doce años en el estudio y la divulgación de los pueblos bárbaros y del Reino Visigodo de Toledo. Ha publicado varios libros entre los que destacan Bárbaros en Hispania. Suevos Vándalos y Alanos en la lucha contra Roma (ed. La Esfera de los Libros) e Historia de los Visigodos (ed. Almuzara).
Identidad, Tradición y Esencia son conceptos que forman parte de su vida profesional y personal y la máxima «He combatido la buena batalla, he terminado la carrera, he conservado la fe» (II Timoteo 4, 7) una meta a seguir.
Su trabajo en el ámbito de la Historia se ha centrado desde hace más de doce años en el estudio y la divulgación de los pueblos bárbaros y del Reino Visigodo de Toledo. Ha publicado varios libros entre los que destacan Bárbaros en Hispania. Suevos Vándalos y Alanos en la lucha contra Roma (ed. La Esfera de los Libros) e Historia de los Visigodos (ed. Almuzara).
Identidad, Tradición y Esencia son conceptos que forman parte de su vida profesional y personal y la máxima «He combatido la buena batalla, he terminado la carrera, he conservado la fe» (II Timoteo 4, 7) una meta a seguir.
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October 21, 2020
Ladies and gentlemen, having written a review of the wonderful"Love of Redemption" https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... I certainly don't think it's Franzine Rivers' last novel to read https://www.goodreads.com/author/show.... After this criticism it will be very interesting to analyze a book that is more in line with my craft that of historian. So we return to a safe value. If my followers in goodreads and the few users who follow me remember will know that one of my most successful reviews was another book by my partner and guild member Daniel Gómez Aragonés who is a great lover and connoisseur of the ill-called barbarian peoples who occupied the territories of the already declining Roman Empire and who became their heirs, because as Belloc points out in"Europe and Faith" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... https://www.goodreads.com/topic/list_... the Roman Empire did not fall or underwent a transformation and if it fell it was work as Will Durant https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... says of exhaustion as defended by my teacher Santos Crespo Ortiz de Zarate.
In fact, one of my most successful reviews and this is what I want to get to was from a book by Mr. Daniel Gómez Aragonés"Barbarians in Hispania" https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... which came to interest Lega people in the field of history. In fact he interested my friend and half-countryman José Baena Castel https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... the post in his wonderful group on Facebook steel melodies that is dedicated to fantastic cut novels in the Conan line, although we talk about all kinds of fantasy. So although the merit was of Mr. Gómez Aragonés who enjoyed a well-deserved fame I also benefited and as Andy Warhol https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... I was able to enjoy some short-lived moments of glory.
I intend to write this review without expecting to emulate the achievements of the previous one by far (or the millionth). This book belongs to Almuzara http://almuzaralibros.com/ who has taken out a collection of very interesting books called This was not in my history book. In fact I also recommend the magnificent book written by Pedro Fernández Barbadillo of"That was not in my book of History of the Spanish Empire" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... I will deal very briefly with the subject of politics. As American users know, these are in an election period and Mr. Pedro Fernández Barbadillo has written a book mainly aimed at the Hispanic public, which despite what he says is unknown to history and how the American electoral system works so Mr. Fernández Barbadillo has written a book about the different tenants of the White House and that from what I have heard it might be interesting to acquire it to know that complicated https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Without further a doubt we will talk about the book of Daniel Gómez Aragonés. In the book I spoke to them about and told them"Barbarians in Hispania" I treated the peoples who arrived in Hispania in 409, and their beloved Goths were unfortunately secondary protagonists would be very unfair, but it would also be to say that they were the main focus of their book. That is why the Toledano author wanted to write a monographic book dedicated exclusively to the Goths, and that includes the two families those of the Visigoths, and Ostrogoths. Since its legendary origins in Sweden, in fact it is very interesting the link that Daniel Gómez Aragonés tells us and our link with the Scandinavian peoples. In fact the author and this is one of the strengths of the book rescues a work by the Spanish writer Saavedra Fajardo in the seventeenth century that set out to seek an alliance with Sweden in the so-called War of the 30 years. I was unakscious about all this and that diplomatic offensive carried out by Saavedra Fajardo, to try to prevent Sweden from entering the 30-year war and it is interesting, because if it had gone well it is possible that the history of the world and europe had unfortunately changed in the end could have more the anti-Catholic hatred of Gustav Adolphus II and the gold offered to him by Richelieu. But what Daniel Gómez Aragonés shows us is really interesting as he talks about Spain's contacts with Sweden and Denmark that in that period, which encompassed the entire Nordic world, because Denmark was still a great power and Sweden proved to have one of the best armies in the world. In addition, it was a national army, and capable of facing the brave Spanish thirds and after Poltava it was still very active and if you ask Napoleon at the Battle of the Nations in Leipzig that proved the skill of the Swedes. For me this has been one of the best elements of the book, because I despite my unsenchantment with the Nordic because of the so-called Reformation, we should call it the eruption of Protestantism in the north and the emergence of Social Democracy has made my enthusiasm for the Nordic less intense, but I still keep it as I find in my review of Bjornson Bjornsterne's novel "A Boy of Good Tempere" https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and "The Half-Drowned King" by Linnea Hartsuyker https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... there is nothing I enjoy more than a good saga, and more so if it encompasses Christianity in those countries. Indeed, despite his Lutheranism instituted by the Vasa in Sweden, Catholicism was about to triumph with John III and his son Segismund III who had his legitimate right to be the King of Sweden taken away. At that time Queen Cristina would fall in love with the Spanish ambassador and influenced by Descartes https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... and for the gentle Calvinism of Grocio https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... would convert to Catholicism and renounce the Swedish throne in favor of his cousin Charles X. Already in Italy I would reside in Rome and with France I would conspire to snatch Naples from the Spaniards (I did not say so, but one of the titles that the King of Sweden has is that of King of the Goths and from there comes Goteland). To learn testimony of how Catholicism advances in these lands (including Finland, despite being of another ethnicity) we recommend this book"Warm North Wind" by José Miguel Cejas https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... , but the Goths not only bind us to the Nordic countries, but also to my favorite country Poland, and to Ukraine and also to countries such as Bulgaria and Romania. To offer us this information that takes us from the battlefields of Bulgaria against Decio, and the different policies carried out against them by Valeriano, Galieno (in this case we recommend professor Manuel Alfonseca's novel"The Emerald Table" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...) until they are temporarily dominated by Aureliano and Claudio II The Gothic. To do this the author uses both modern sources, such as former Jordans https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... Casiodoro https://www.goodreads.com/author/show..., Amiano Marcelino https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Hidacio, San Isidoro https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Ennodio, Sidonio Apolinar https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Procopio https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Gregory of Tours https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... and others... Many are common to that of his first book. Here unlike his first book the late Roman Empire does not have as much prominence, although the author if he devotes himself to talking about the battle of the Catalaunicos Fields and its relevance in the history of the West, to compensate for that lagoon it is advisable to read his previous book. Rome will speak to explain the policies of Theodosius, Stylicón and then we will see everything from the perspective of the Goths. Of course, since the Goths were important supporting actors now what is done is to expand the figure of the characters of the fifth century tell the origins of the Balthos and the House of the Amalos that are the origin of Visigoths and Ostrogoths. From Eurico we will see how the Visigoths begin to rule alone. I personally recommend the chapter dedicated to Theodoric the Ostrogoth and his acenso, and as it became a legend, although the author does not mention, that apart from in the Song of Hildebrandshield https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7... however I was surprised, that my learned colleague did not mention the appearance that Theodoric makes in"The Singing of the Nibelungs" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... which could give the prequel of the Song of Hildebrando (however I think the most interesante and most relevant is that he tells us how the figure of Theodoric the Ostrogoth, or of Ravena was capital, so that the Visigoths of history did not disappear after Vouille, it is also interesting that the author tells us about what the different Balthos kings looked like. His portrait of Alarico I is very similar to that made by Belloc in"Europe and Faith",I also like to know more details of Theodoric II the son of Theodoredo, who is one of the main characters of Sataniel of Soulie https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4.... The next chapter is very illustrative that it is difficult to preserve a kingdom and how easy it is to lose it, dedicated to Alarico II and the defeat of Vouille, and this is when the fate of Theodoric the Amalo and the Visigoths and their difficult balances with Clodoveo, his sons and Emperor Anastasius, and how he faced them is intertwined. To learn a little more about the figure of Alarico by collecting the third book of the Eolia trilogy written by a friend Professor Alfonseca"La corona Tartesia" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... , bythe way he was unaware that the figure of Alarico II was so denosted and that he will be accused of spending the day feasting. As I see the only glitch he had is losing in Vouille), and I don't remember if he mentioned the third part of the Volsungos saga that captures the origin of the Ostrogoda monarchy with Ermanarico, so does Poul Anderson https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... in Time Patrol https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... in the wonderful tale in the haplessness of Odin the Godo. Precisely one of the subtramas of the story tells the penetration of Christianity among the Goths, and this is wonderfully told by Daniel Gómez Aragonés, who tells us the first persecutions suffered by Christians among the Goths. He tells us about Ulfilas, as he translated the Bible into Gothic, and how he introduced Arrianism, which will be preserved until the third Council of Toledo. There is a chapter, which I recommend dedicated to magic, witchcraft and paganism and the measures taken to combat it. It makes it difficult for the reader to go from Geselaic to Leovigiled to be clear to the reader and understandable. We also have to congratulate Daniel Gómez Aragonés on his love for his city (Toledo), which is one of the most beautiful cities in Spain, and whose visit I recommend, which was never more splendid than in Visigothic times not to mention the twist that the reconquest took with its conquest in 1085, and although there was no fixed capital it remained until Charles V in hard competition with my Valladolid clear. The most relevant figures are those of Leovigildo and Recaredo and he treats them as they should be treated. This book has changed the way I see King Sisebuto. My vision of Sisebuto was very negative because of his anti-Semitism, but thanks to Daniel Gómez Aragones without apologic to him that ugly defect now I see him with other eyes, and for me this is the great contribution of his book.
In short, it is a pleasant, entertaining, magnificently written book, and the reader never wonders when it will end. Daniel Gómez Aragones has respected a rule without departing from the rigor of history has written a literaryly extraordinary book. The only flaw, which I have found is that from King Wamba to accelerate too much I would have liked, that I devoted more time to the last Goth kings Wamba, Ervigio, Egica, Witiza and Rodrigo. Anyway he was clear one thing he didn't want to mix his book with the reconquest and I agree with him that this is a stage of our history. Daniel Gómez Aragonés also explains how he fell, despite his love for his beloved Goths he does not remain blind to his flaws especially those of the nobility and certain clergy. But what I was looking for from the book I haven't found. Was there any attempt by the Muslims to conquer Visigothic Spain before the year 711? A book I have of the kings of Spain comments on that, as they were first rejected by Wamba, and then by Teodomiro, but unfortunately that doubt was not resolved to me, if you speak to me how Byzantine invasions were contained, but not of those attempts of Islam. The end of Gómez Aragonés' book links with the novels"Amayaor the Basques of the VIII century " https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9... by Francisco Navarro Villoslada (reading the book of Gómez Aragones do not seem like the irreducible warriors mentioned by Villoslada, and here they seem to take the brunt), and it is also good to compare it with "In the timeof the Syrian Pope" by Jesús Sánchez Adalid https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... .
Despite the few shortcomings that I have taken from him deserves the highest possible note and I hope that the user of Goodreads will enter an era of the history of Spain, which is not for its brevity is less in the history of Spain. On the contrary, it is a period of splendor for the history of Spain.
In fact, one of my most successful reviews and this is what I want to get to was from a book by Mr. Daniel Gómez Aragonés"Barbarians in Hispania" https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... which came to interest Lega people in the field of history. In fact he interested my friend and half-countryman José Baena Castel https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... the post in his wonderful group on Facebook steel melodies that is dedicated to fantastic cut novels in the Conan line, although we talk about all kinds of fantasy. So although the merit was of Mr. Gómez Aragonés who enjoyed a well-deserved fame I also benefited and as Andy Warhol https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... I was able to enjoy some short-lived moments of glory.
I intend to write this review without expecting to emulate the achievements of the previous one by far (or the millionth). This book belongs to Almuzara http://almuzaralibros.com/ who has taken out a collection of very interesting books called This was not in my history book. In fact I also recommend the magnificent book written by Pedro Fernández Barbadillo of"That was not in my book of History of the Spanish Empire" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... I will deal very briefly with the subject of politics. As American users know, these are in an election period and Mr. Pedro Fernández Barbadillo has written a book mainly aimed at the Hispanic public, which despite what he says is unknown to history and how the American electoral system works so Mr. Fernández Barbadillo has written a book about the different tenants of the White House and that from what I have heard it might be interesting to acquire it to know that complicated https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Without further a doubt we will talk about the book of Daniel Gómez Aragonés. In the book I spoke to them about and told them"Barbarians in Hispania" I treated the peoples who arrived in Hispania in 409, and their beloved Goths were unfortunately secondary protagonists would be very unfair, but it would also be to say that they were the main focus of their book. That is why the Toledano author wanted to write a monographic book dedicated exclusively to the Goths, and that includes the two families those of the Visigoths, and Ostrogoths. Since its legendary origins in Sweden, in fact it is very interesting the link that Daniel Gómez Aragonés tells us and our link with the Scandinavian peoples. In fact the author and this is one of the strengths of the book rescues a work by the Spanish writer Saavedra Fajardo in the seventeenth century that set out to seek an alliance with Sweden in the so-called War of the 30 years. I was unakscious about all this and that diplomatic offensive carried out by Saavedra Fajardo, to try to prevent Sweden from entering the 30-year war and it is interesting, because if it had gone well it is possible that the history of the world and europe had unfortunately changed in the end could have more the anti-Catholic hatred of Gustav Adolphus II and the gold offered to him by Richelieu. But what Daniel Gómez Aragonés shows us is really interesting as he talks about Spain's contacts with Sweden and Denmark that in that period, which encompassed the entire Nordic world, because Denmark was still a great power and Sweden proved to have one of the best armies in the world. In addition, it was a national army, and capable of facing the brave Spanish thirds and after Poltava it was still very active and if you ask Napoleon at the Battle of the Nations in Leipzig that proved the skill of the Swedes. For me this has been one of the best elements of the book, because I despite my unsenchantment with the Nordic because of the so-called Reformation, we should call it the eruption of Protestantism in the north and the emergence of Social Democracy has made my enthusiasm for the Nordic less intense, but I still keep it as I find in my review of Bjornson Bjornsterne's novel "A Boy of Good Tempere" https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and "The Half-Drowned King" by Linnea Hartsuyker https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... there is nothing I enjoy more than a good saga, and more so if it encompasses Christianity in those countries. Indeed, despite his Lutheranism instituted by the Vasa in Sweden, Catholicism was about to triumph with John III and his son Segismund III who had his legitimate right to be the King of Sweden taken away. At that time Queen Cristina would fall in love with the Spanish ambassador and influenced by Descartes https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... and for the gentle Calvinism of Grocio https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... would convert to Catholicism and renounce the Swedish throne in favor of his cousin Charles X. Already in Italy I would reside in Rome and with France I would conspire to snatch Naples from the Spaniards (I did not say so, but one of the titles that the King of Sweden has is that of King of the Goths and from there comes Goteland). To learn testimony of how Catholicism advances in these lands (including Finland, despite being of another ethnicity) we recommend this book"Warm North Wind" by José Miguel Cejas https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... , but the Goths not only bind us to the Nordic countries, but also to my favorite country Poland, and to Ukraine and also to countries such as Bulgaria and Romania. To offer us this information that takes us from the battlefields of Bulgaria against Decio, and the different policies carried out against them by Valeriano, Galieno (in this case we recommend professor Manuel Alfonseca's novel"The Emerald Table" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...) until they are temporarily dominated by Aureliano and Claudio II The Gothic. To do this the author uses both modern sources, such as former Jordans https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... Casiodoro https://www.goodreads.com/author/show..., Amiano Marcelino https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Hidacio, San Isidoro https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Ennodio, Sidonio Apolinar https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Procopio https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Gregory of Tours https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... and others... Many are common to that of his first book. Here unlike his first book the late Roman Empire does not have as much prominence, although the author if he devotes himself to talking about the battle of the Catalaunicos Fields and its relevance in the history of the West, to compensate for that lagoon it is advisable to read his previous book. Rome will speak to explain the policies of Theodosius, Stylicón and then we will see everything from the perspective of the Goths. Of course, since the Goths were important supporting actors now what is done is to expand the figure of the characters of the fifth century tell the origins of the Balthos and the House of the Amalos that are the origin of Visigoths and Ostrogoths. From Eurico we will see how the Visigoths begin to rule alone. I personally recommend the chapter dedicated to Theodoric the Ostrogoth and his acenso, and as it became a legend, although the author does not mention, that apart from in the Song of Hildebrandshield https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7... however I was surprised, that my learned colleague did not mention the appearance that Theodoric makes in"The Singing of the Nibelungs" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... which could give the prequel of the Song of Hildebrando (however I think the most interesante and most relevant is that he tells us how the figure of Theodoric the Ostrogoth, or of Ravena was capital, so that the Visigoths of history did not disappear after Vouille, it is also interesting that the author tells us about what the different Balthos kings looked like. His portrait of Alarico I is very similar to that made by Belloc in"Europe and Faith",I also like to know more details of Theodoric II the son of Theodoredo, who is one of the main characters of Sataniel of Soulie https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4.... The next chapter is very illustrative that it is difficult to preserve a kingdom and how easy it is to lose it, dedicated to Alarico II and the defeat of Vouille, and this is when the fate of Theodoric the Amalo and the Visigoths and their difficult balances with Clodoveo, his sons and Emperor Anastasius, and how he faced them is intertwined. To learn a little more about the figure of Alarico by collecting the third book of the Eolia trilogy written by a friend Professor Alfonseca"La corona Tartesia" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... , bythe way he was unaware that the figure of Alarico II was so denosted and that he will be accused of spending the day feasting. As I see the only glitch he had is losing in Vouille), and I don't remember if he mentioned the third part of the Volsungos saga that captures the origin of the Ostrogoda monarchy with Ermanarico, so does Poul Anderson https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... in Time Patrol https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... in the wonderful tale in the haplessness of Odin the Godo. Precisely one of the subtramas of the story tells the penetration of Christianity among the Goths, and this is wonderfully told by Daniel Gómez Aragonés, who tells us the first persecutions suffered by Christians among the Goths. He tells us about Ulfilas, as he translated the Bible into Gothic, and how he introduced Arrianism, which will be preserved until the third Council of Toledo. There is a chapter, which I recommend dedicated to magic, witchcraft and paganism and the measures taken to combat it. It makes it difficult for the reader to go from Geselaic to Leovigiled to be clear to the reader and understandable. We also have to congratulate Daniel Gómez Aragonés on his love for his city (Toledo), which is one of the most beautiful cities in Spain, and whose visit I recommend, which was never more splendid than in Visigothic times not to mention the twist that the reconquest took with its conquest in 1085, and although there was no fixed capital it remained until Charles V in hard competition with my Valladolid clear. The most relevant figures are those of Leovigildo and Recaredo and he treats them as they should be treated. This book has changed the way I see King Sisebuto. My vision of Sisebuto was very negative because of his anti-Semitism, but thanks to Daniel Gómez Aragones without apologic to him that ugly defect now I see him with other eyes, and for me this is the great contribution of his book.
In short, it is a pleasant, entertaining, magnificently written book, and the reader never wonders when it will end. Daniel Gómez Aragones has respected a rule without departing from the rigor of history has written a literaryly extraordinary book. The only flaw, which I have found is that from King Wamba to accelerate too much I would have liked, that I devoted more time to the last Goth kings Wamba, Ervigio, Egica, Witiza and Rodrigo. Anyway he was clear one thing he didn't want to mix his book with the reconquest and I agree with him that this is a stage of our history. Daniel Gómez Aragonés also explains how he fell, despite his love for his beloved Goths he does not remain blind to his flaws especially those of the nobility and certain clergy. But what I was looking for from the book I haven't found. Was there any attempt by the Muslims to conquer Visigothic Spain before the year 711? A book I have of the kings of Spain comments on that, as they were first rejected by Wamba, and then by Teodomiro, but unfortunately that doubt was not resolved to me, if you speak to me how Byzantine invasions were contained, but not of those attempts of Islam. The end of Gómez Aragonés' book links with the novels"Amayaor the Basques of the VIII century " https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9... by Francisco Navarro Villoslada (reading the book of Gómez Aragones do not seem like the irreducible warriors mentioned by Villoslada, and here they seem to take the brunt), and it is also good to compare it with "In the timeof the Syrian Pope" by Jesús Sánchez Adalid https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... .
Despite the few shortcomings that I have taken from him deserves the highest possible note and I hope that the user of Goodreads will enter an era of the history of Spain, which is not for its brevity is less in the history of Spain. On the contrary, it is a period of splendor for the history of Spain.
March 24, 2023
Un repaso muy entretenido de la historia goda. En algunos momentos, sobretodo de cara al final del siglo VII, puede atragantarse un poco el relato, pero es un trabajo estupendo a través del cual, se puede conocer un poquito más el desarrollo de unos siglos que parecen casi olvidados en la historia de la Península Ibérica.
Es posible que en algunos puntos sean necesarios más pies de página, creo que hay conceptos que deberían ser aclarados para comprender mejor el texto. La cronología queda bastante clara, sobretodo con la lista final de reyes godos, y el lenguaje utilizado por el autor es apropiado y cómodo de entender en la mayoría de las ocasiones.
Es posible que en algunos puntos sean necesarios más pies de página, creo que hay conceptos que deberían ser aclarados para comprender mejor el texto. La cronología queda bastante clara, sobretodo con la lista final de reyes godos, y el lenguaje utilizado por el autor es apropiado y cómodo de entender en la mayoría de las ocasiones.
August 22, 2025
Si bien el libro hace un gran trabajo al recopilar la historia del reino Visigodo, siento que pudo haberse beneficiado de mapas ilustrativos que mostrasen el movimiento de las personas y el asentamiento en la península ibérica. A este detalle puedo añadir que el autor parece escribir sólo para los ya conocedores del tema y/o un público hispano; ya que como persona ajena a España —y siendo este libro una de mis primeras introducciones a la historia española en general—, tuve ciertas dificultades para situarme en el contexto ya que desconozco la geografía hispana y europea en general.
Por otro lado, el autor usa de vez en cuando figuras narrativas que no son usuales en este tipo de escritos académicos, lo cual me dejó un poco perpleja. También existen ciertas “muletillas” constantes en el texto, como el recordar en todos los capítulos que uno se puede remitir a la bibliografía para ahondar en XYZ tema—lo cual me recordó mucho a la manera en que se escriben ensayos para la universidad. En cierto punto llegué a preguntarme si es que el autor necesitaba llegar a una “cuota” de palabras por capítulo y era por eso que usaba figuras narrativas o caía en el abuso de recordar cosas ya dejadas por sentado capítulos atrás.
Sin embargo, debo decir que esta fue una lectura amena y que me enseñó muchísimo que desconocía en un inicio. La estructura de los capítulos es un poco dispersa (ya que el sub-capítulo de cierre por lo general se sale de la línea histórica) y el primer capítulo me pareció muy confuso (por no saber nada de la historia y geografía del lugar); pero una vez pasado este primer tramo, todo se aligera y se vuelve emocionante.
Por otro lado, el autor usa de vez en cuando figuras narrativas que no son usuales en este tipo de escritos académicos, lo cual me dejó un poco perpleja. También existen ciertas “muletillas” constantes en el texto, como el recordar en todos los capítulos que uno se puede remitir a la bibliografía para ahondar en XYZ tema—lo cual me recordó mucho a la manera en que se escriben ensayos para la universidad. En cierto punto llegué a preguntarme si es que el autor necesitaba llegar a una “cuota” de palabras por capítulo y era por eso que usaba figuras narrativas o caía en el abuso de recordar cosas ya dejadas por sentado capítulos atrás.
Sin embargo, debo decir que esta fue una lectura amena y que me enseñó muchísimo que desconocía en un inicio. La estructura de los capítulos es un poco dispersa (ya que el sub-capítulo de cierre por lo general se sale de la línea histórica) y el primer capítulo me pareció muy confuso (por no saber nada de la historia y geografía del lugar); pero una vez pasado este primer tramo, todo se aligera y se vuelve emocionante.
November 28, 2020
Muy interesante
October 28, 2024
Libro divulgativo que arroja un poco de luz sobre este periodo de nuestra historia.
Estilo ágil sin faltar al rigor.
Estilo ágil sin faltar al rigor.
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