Chindasuinth (Chindaswinth, Chindaswind, Chindasuinto, Chindasvindo, or Khindaswinth; in Spanish, Chindasvinto; and in Latin, Chintasvintus) (c.563-653) was king of Visigothic Hispania from 642 to 653. According to Edward Gibbon, during his reign, Moslem raiders began harrying Iberia. ["As early as the time of Othman (644–656) their piratical squadrons had ravaged the coast of Andalusia."] Latin is an Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Events Saint Columba, the Irish missionary, founds his mission to the Picts and his monastery on Iona. ... Events Pope Martin I arrested Sigeberht II the Good succeeds Sigeberht I the Little as king of Essex Aripert, nephew of Theodelinda, succeeds Rodoald as king of the Lombards Births Deaths Chindaswinth, king of the Visigoths Rodoald, king of the Lombards Abbas, uncle of Muhammad and his chief financial supporter. ... The Visigoths were one of two main branches of the Goths, the Ostrogoths being the other. ... Hispania was the name given by the Romans to the whole of the Iberian Peninsula (modern Portugal, Spain, Andorra and Gibraltar) and to two provinces created there in the period of the Roman Republic: Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior. ... Events August 5 - In the Battle of Maserfield, Penda king of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald, king of Bernicia. ... Events Pope Martin I arrested Sigeberht II the Good succeeds Sigeberht I the Little as king of Essex Aripert, nephew of Theodelinda, succeeds Rodoald as king of the Lombards Births Deaths Chindaswinth, king of the Visigoths Rodoald, king of the Lombards Abbas, uncle of Muhammad and his chief financial supporter. ... Edward Gibbon (1737-1794). ... topographic map of the Iberian Peninsula The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe. ... Uthman is the Arabic equivalent to the Turkish name Osman (see Osman I). ... Events Births Deaths Paulinus of York, bishop of Northumbria November: Omar, Second caliph of Islam by assassination. ... Events Ali succeeds Uthman as Caliph Battle of Basrah (also known as Battle of the Camel) Oswiu of Northumbria annexes Mercia Births Deaths Uthman ibn Affan, Caliph (murdered) Peada, king of Mercia (murdered) Categories: 656 ... Motto: Dominator Hercules Fundator Andalucía por sí, para España y la humanidad (Andalusia for herself, for Spain, and for humanity) Capital Seville Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 2nd  87 268 km²  17,2% Population  â€“ Total (2003)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 1st  7 478 432  17,9%  85,70...

Legend has it that Pelayo, the first king of Asturias, was a direct descendant of Chindasuinth, but this claim hasn't been proven. Pelayo (690–737) was the first King of Asturias, ruling from 718 until his death. ... Capital Oviedo Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 10th  10 604 km²  2,1% Population  â€“ Total (2003)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 12th  1 056 789  2,5%  99,65/km² Demonym  â€“ English  â€“ Asturian  â€“ Spanish  Asturian  asturianu/a,  asturiano/a Statute of Autonomy January 11, 1982 Parliamentary representation  â€“ Congress seats  â€“ Senate seats...

He succeeded Tulga, from whom he usurped the throne in a coup (see Tulga); he was "officially" elected by the nobles and anointed by the bishops the 30 April, 642. Tulga (or Tulca) was a king of the Visigoths in Hispania from 640 to 642, if his father died in December 640, as some sources state. ... Tulga (or Tulca) was a king of the Visigoths in Hispania from 640 to 642, if his father died in December 640, as some sources state. ... The Lords and Barons prove their Nobility by hanging their Banners and exposing their Coats-of-arms at the Windows of the Lodge of the Heralds. ... For other uses, see Bishop (disambiguation). ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining, as the last day in April. ...

Despite his great age (he was already 79 years old), his great energy and force of character made the clergy and noblesse to submit. Somewhat famously, he cemented his control by preempting a revolt: he executed at one time over 200 Goths of the most noble families and 500 more of the petty nobility. This in accompaniment with many banishments and confiscations of property. All of this before any rebellion and without any investigation or trial or, for that matter, actual belief that a revolt was pending.

The VII Council of Toledo, held 16 October 646, consented to and backed his actions, toughening the punishments applied to those who rose against the sovereign and extending them even to members of the clergy who supported them. Councils of Toledo (Concilia toletana). ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... Events Byzantines reconquer Alexandria from the Muslims. ...

Smothering all opposition, he lent the realm a peace and order not before known. To continue this, he had his son Reccesuinth, at the urging of St Braulio of Zaragoza, crowned co-king 20 January 648, and attempted to establish, as many before had, a hereditary monarchy in Spain. His associate-son was from this date until his death the true ruler of the Visigoths, in name of his father until 653, the date of the old man's passing. Reccesuinth (Recceswinth, Recceswint, Reccaswinth, Recdeswinth, Recesvinto, Reccesvinthus) ruled as a king of the Visigoths from 649–672: jointly with his father from 649 and as sole king from 653. ... Saint Braulio, bishop of Zaragoza (d. ... Jump to: navigation, search January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events Pope Theodore I excommunicates patriarch Paul II of Constantinople Births Emperor Kobun of Japan Categories: 648 ... Events Pope Martin I arrested Sigeberht II the Good succeeds Sigeberht I the Little as king of Essex Aripert, nephew of Theodelinda, succeeds Rodoald as king of the Lombards Births Deaths Chindaswinth, king of the Visigoths Rodoald, king of the Lombards Abbas, uncle of Muhammad and his chief financial supporter. ...

Despite his implacable politics, Chindasuinth is recorded in ecclesiastical annals as a great benefactor of the church, donating many land and privileges. He improved the public estates with the confiscated goods of the dispossessed nobility and through improved taxation methods. In the military arena, he undertook campaigns against rebellious Basques and Lusitanians. This article is about the Basque people. ... Roman province of Lusitania, 120 AD Lusitania, an ancient Roman province approximately including current Portugal and part of western current Spain (specifically the present autonomous community Extremadura), named after the Lusitani or Lusitanian people. ...

As a legislator, he promulgated many laws dealing with civil matters. With the assistance of Braulio, bishop of Zaragoza, he began the elaboration of a code of law for both the Gothic population and the Hispanoroman one. That work would be finished by his son with the Lex Visigothorum. It superseded both the Breviary of Alaric used by the natives and the Code of Leovigild used by the Goths. Zaragozas location in Spain Zaragoza (frequently Saragossa in English; Latin Caesaraugusta) is the capital city of the autonomous region and former kingdom of Aragón in Spain, and is located on the river Ebro, and its tributaries the Huerva and Gállego, near the centre of the region, in... The Visigothic Code (Latin, Forum Iudicum or Liber Judiciorum; Spanish, Fuero Juzgo) are a set of laws that the Visigoth king of Hispania, Reccesuinth (for which it is sometimes called the Code of Reccesuinth), codified in a legal body around AD 654. ... The Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum) is a collection of Roman law, compiled by order of Alaric II, king of the Visigoths, with the advice of his bishops and nobles, in the year 506, the twenty-second year of his reign. ...

He spent the last years of his life, as so many mediaeval monarchs did, in acts of piety for the sake of his immortal soul. He founded the monastery of San Román de la Hornija, by the Duero, so that his remains could rest next to those of his wife, Recciberga. Nevertheless, to Eugene II, bishop of Toledo he was nothing but "impious, unjust, and immoral". Buddhist monastery near Tibet A monastery is the habitation of monks. ... View of the river mouth from Portos Crystal Palace Gardens, facing West Douro (Latin Durius, Spanish Duero, Portuguese Douro) is one of the major rivers of Portugal and Spain, flowing from its source near Soria across central Spain and Portugal to its outlet at Oporto. ... The façade of Toledo cathedral Toledo is a city located in central Spain, the capital of the province of Toledo and of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. ...

External link

• Edward Gibbon, History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Chapter 51

• Visigothic Law Code: text. The preface was written in 1908, and should be read with reservations. Look at Book VI: Concerning Crimes and Tortures, under Title III: Concerning Abortion, the seventh article, which is not "ancient law", as so many others, but the words of FLAVIUS CHINTASVINTUS REX.

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Tulga (or Tulca) was a king of the Visigoths in Hispania from 640 to 642, if his father died in December 640, as some sources state. ... The Visigoths, originally Tervingi, or Vesi (the noble ones), one of the two main branches of the Goths (of which the Ostrogothi were the other), were one of the loosely-termed Germanic peoples that disturbed the late Roman Empire. ... Reccesuinth (Recceswinth, Recceswint, Reccaswinth, Recdeswinth, Recesvinto, Reccesvinthus) ruled as a king of the Visigoths from 649–672: jointly with his father from 649 and as sole king from 653. ...