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'''Rodrigo Jiménez''' (or '''Ximénez''') '''de Rada''' (c. 1170 – 10 June 1247){{refn|group=n.|Also mentioned as 'Archbishop Don Roderic of Toledo',<ref name="test">[http://www.inmotionaame.org/texts/viewer.cfm History of slave trade] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420111710/http://www.inmotionaame.org/texts/viewer.cfm |date=20 April 2021 }}, Volume I p. 22 "''...as wrote the Archbishop Don Roderic of Toledo''"</ref>}} was a Roman Catholic bishop and historian, who held an important religious and political role in the [[History:Kingdom of Castile|Kingdom of Castile]] during the reigns of [[Social:Monarchs of Castile family tree|Alfonso VIII]] and [[Social:Family tree of Aragonese monarchs|Ferdinand III]], a period in which the Castilian monarchy consolidated its political hegemony over the rest of polities in the [[Place:Iberian Peninsula|Iberian Peninsula]].<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://estudiosmedievales.revistas.csic.es/index.php/estudiosmedievales/article/view/1246/1241|first=Juan Carlos|last=Ruiz Souza|title=Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada y la valoración del patrimonio de al-Andalus como algo propio. Arabización e islamización|year=2021|journal=Anuario de Estudios Medievales|volume=51|issue=1<!--|pages=269-301-->|pages=269–301 |issn=0066-5061|doi=10.3989/aem.2021.51.1.09|doi-access=free}}</ref> He was at the helm of the [[Religion:Diocese#Archdiocese|Archdiocese]] of [[Place:Toledo, Spain|Toledo]] from 1208 to 1247. He authored ''[[De rebus Hispaniae]]'', a history of the Iberian Peninsula. | '''Rodrigo Jiménez''' (or '''Ximénez''') '''de Rada''' (c. 1170 – 10 June 1247){{refn|group=n.|Also mentioned as 'Archbishop Don Roderic of Toledo',<ref name="test">[http://www.inmotionaame.org/texts/viewer.cfm History of slave trade] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420111710/http://www.inmotionaame.org/texts/viewer.cfm |date=20 April 2021 }}, Volume I p. 22 "''...as wrote the Archbishop Don Roderic of Toledo''"</ref>}} was a Roman Catholic bishop and historian, who held an important religious and political role in the [[History:Kingdom of Castile|Kingdom of Castile]] during the reigns of [[Social:Monarchs of Castile family tree|Alfonso VIII]] and [[Social:Family tree of Aragonese monarchs|Ferdinand III]], a period in which the Castilian monarchy consolidated its political hegemony over the rest of polities in the [[Place:Iberian Peninsula|Iberian Peninsula]].<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://estudiosmedievales.revistas.csic.es/index.php/estudiosmedievales/article/view/1246/1241|first=Juan Carlos|last=Ruiz Souza|title=Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada y la valoración del patrimonio de al-Andalus como algo propio. Arabización e islamización|year=2021|journal=Anuario de Estudios Medievales|volume=51|issue=1<!--|pages=269-301-->|pages=269–301 |issn=0066-5061|doi=10.3989/aem.2021.51.1.09|doi-access=free}}</ref> He was at the helm of the [[Religion:Diocese#Archdiocese|Archdiocese]] of [[Place:Toledo, Spain|Toledo]] from 1208 to 1247. He authored ''[[History:De rebus Hispaniae|De rebus Hispaniae]]'', a history of the Iberian Peninsula. | ||
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As archbishop of Toledo, he promoted the building of the [[Place:Toledo,_Spain#Culture|Cathedral of Toledo]] and placed the first stone in 1226 (it was not completed until 1493), restored the [[Religion:Diocese|dioceses]] of the Bishop of Baeza and the Bishop of Córdoba after the Christian conquest of those cities and defended the [[Religion:Primate (bishop)|primacy]] of his see in Spain against the pretensions of the Archbishop of Braga and the Archbishop of [[Place:Santiago de Compostela|Santiago de Compostela]]. | As archbishop of Toledo, he promoted the building of the [[Place:Toledo,_Spain#Culture|Cathedral of Toledo]] and placed the first stone in 1226 (it was not completed until 1493), restored the [[Religion:Diocese|dioceses]] of the Bishop of Baeza and the Bishop of Córdoba after the Christian conquest of those cities and defended the [[Religion:Primate (bishop)|primacy]] of his see in Spain against the pretensions of the Archbishop of Braga and the Archbishop of [[Place:Santiago de Compostela|Santiago de Compostela]]. | ||
He promoted the cultural life of [[Place:Toledo, Spain|Toledo]], a city that was the cultural entrepôt of Christian and Muslim civilizations during the Middle Ages. He ordered the translation of the [[Religion:Quran|Koran]] to [[Social:Latin|Latin]] and composed a wide historiographic work. His ''[[De rebus Hispaniae]]'', a general history of Spain, was very soon translated into [[Social:Spanish language|Spanish]] and was very influential on the ''[[Primera crónica general|General History]]'' of [[Social:Monarchs of Castile family tree|Alfonso X]]. | He promoted the cultural life of [[Place:Toledo, Spain|Toledo]], a city that was the cultural entrepôt of Christian and Muslim civilizations during the Middle Ages. He ordered the translation of the [[Religion:Quran|Koran]] to [[Social:Latin|Latin]] and composed a wide historiographic work. His ''[[History:De rebus Hispaniae|De rebus Hispaniae]]'', a general history of Spain, was very soon translated into [[Social:Spanish language|Spanish]] and was very influential on the ''[[Primera crónica general|General History]]'' of [[Social:Monarchs of Castile family tree|Alfonso X]]. | ||
He died near Lyons while returning from a visit to [[Religion:Index_of_Christianity-related_articles#P|Pope Innocent IV]], and is interred in the monastery of Saint Mary of Huerta. | He died near Lyons while returning from a visit to [[Religion:Index_of_Christianity-related_articles#P|Pope Innocent IV]], and is interred in the monastery of Saint Mary of Huerta. | ||
==Writings== | ==Writings== | ||
*''[[De rebus Hispaniae]]''<ref>{{in lang|es}} Digitalized manuscript of the [[Organization:University of Seville|University of Seville]]: [http://fondosdigitales.us.es/books/digitalbook_view?oid_page=163810 ''Jiménez de Rada, Rodrigo . Crónica de España por el Arzobispo de Toledo Don Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada, traducida al castellano y continuada por Don Gonzalo de la Hinojosa, Obispo de Burgos, y después por un anónimo hasta 1430. Manuscrito. 14??. A 331/143'']</ref><ref>Modern Spanish edition: ''Historia de los hechos de España'' (translated and edited by Juan Fernández Valverde), Madrid: Alianza, 1989</ref> | *''[[History:De rebus Hispaniae|De rebus Hispaniae]]''<ref>{{in lang|es}} Digitalized manuscript of the [[Organization:University of Seville|University of Seville]]: [http://fondosdigitales.us.es/books/digitalbook_view?oid_page=163810 ''Jiménez de Rada, Rodrigo . Crónica de España por el Arzobispo de Toledo Don Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada, traducida al castellano y continuada por Don Gonzalo de la Hinojosa, Obispo de Burgos, y después por un anónimo hasta 1430. Manuscrito. 14??. A 331/143'']</ref><ref>Modern Spanish edition: ''Historia de los hechos de España'' (translated and edited by Juan Fernández Valverde), Madrid: Alianza, 1989</ref> | ||
*''Hunnorum, Vandalorum et Silingorum Historia'' | *''Hunnorum, Vandalorum et Silingorum Historia'' | ||
*''Ostrogothorum Historia'' | *''Ostrogothorum Historia'' | ||
Latest revision as of 01:09, 19 September 2024
Rodrigo Jiménez (or Ximénez) de Rada (c. 1170 – 10 June 1247)[n. 1] was a Roman Catholic bishop and historian, who held an important religious and political role in the Kingdom of Castile during the reigns of Alfonso VIII and Ferdinand III, a period in which the Castilian monarchy consolidated its political hegemony over the rest of polities in the Iberian Peninsula.[2] He was at the helm of the Archdiocese of Toledo from 1208 to 1247. He authored De rebus Hispaniae, a history of the Iberian Peninsula.
Biography
Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada was born circa 1170 in Puente la Reina, Kingdom of Navarre.[3] He was born from a Navarrese noble family and was educated by his uncle, Martín de la Finojosa, abbot of Saint Mary of Huerta and bishop of Sigüenza. He studied Law and Theology in the Universities of Bologna and Paris. When he returned to Navarre he mediated between that kingdom and Castile and he became friend of King Alfonso VIII of Castile, who nominated him as bishop of Osma and later put pressure on the chapter of Toledo to elect him as archbishop of Toledo. His election as archbishop of Toledo was confirmed by Pope Innocent III on 12 February 1209. In addition, Alfonso VIII appointed him as major chancellor of Castile.
He played a key role in the war against the Almohads and at the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212). He was the moral leader of that war, which was considered in Europe as a crusade in which many European knights took part. He sent afterwards missionaries to Morocco. His archbishopric gained a lot of possessions throughout the Guadalquivir valley, especially around Quesada and received further generous donations from kings and lords.
As archbishop of Toledo, he promoted the building of the Cathedral of Toledo and placed the first stone in 1226 (it was not completed until 1493), restored the dioceses of the Bishop of Baeza and the Bishop of Córdoba after the Christian conquest of those cities and defended the primacy of his see in Spain against the pretensions of the Archbishop of Braga and the Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela.
He promoted the cultural life of Toledo, a city that was the cultural entrepôt of Christian and Muslim civilizations during the Middle Ages. He ordered the translation of the Koran to Latin and composed a wide historiographic work. His De rebus Hispaniae, a general history of Spain, was very soon translated into Spanish and was very influential on the General History of Alfonso X.
He died near Lyons while returning from a visit to Pope Innocent IV, and is interred in the monastery of Saint Mary of Huerta.
Writings
- De rebus Hispaniae[4][5]
- Hunnorum, Vandalorum et Silingorum Historia
- Ostrogothorum Historia
- Historia Romanorum
- Historia Arabum
See also
Bibliography
- Gorosterratzu, Javier: D. Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada. Gran estadista, escritor y prelado, Pamplona: Imprenta Vda. de T. Bescansa, 1925
- Roderici Ximenii de Rada opera omnia (ed. by Juan Fernández Valerde), Turnhout: Brepols, 1992–1993
- Adro, Xavier: Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada. Estadista y artífice, siglo XIII, Barcelona: Casals, 1989
- Pérez de Rada, Francisco Javier: El arzobispo don Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada, Madrid: Fundación Jaureguízar, 2002
- Pick, Lucy: Conflict and coexistence. Archbishop Rodrigo and the Muslims and Jews of Medieval Spain, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 2004
Informational notes
References
- ↑ History of slave trade , Volume I p. 22 "...as wrote the Archbishop Don Roderic of Toledo"
- ↑ Ruiz Souza, Juan Carlos (2021). "Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada y la valoración del patrimonio de al-Andalus como algo propio. Arabización e islamización". Anuario de Estudios Medievales 51 (1): 269–301. doi:10.3989/aem.2021.51.1.09. ISSN 0066-5061. https://estudiosmedievales.revistas.csic.es/index.php/estudiosmedievales/article/view/1246/1241.
- ↑ Carvajal González, Helena (2013). "El Breviarium Historiae Catholicae de Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada". Anales de Historia del Arte (Madrid: Ediciones Complutense) 23: 22. doi:10.5209/rev_ANHA.2013.v23.43600. ISSN 0214-6452. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ANHA/article/view/43600/41218.
- ↑ (in Spanish) Digitalized manuscript of the University of Seville: Jiménez de Rada, Rodrigo . Crónica de España por el Arzobispo de Toledo Don Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada, traducida al castellano y continuada por Don Gonzalo de la Hinojosa, Obispo de Burgos, y después por un anónimo hasta 1430. Manuscrito. 14??. A 331/143
- ↑ Modern Spanish edition: Historia de los hechos de España (translated and edited by Juan Fernández Valverde), Madrid: Alianza, 1989
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