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Kingdom of Galicia in historiography

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Map in General History of Spain by Modesto Lafuente, year 1850. The author translates the Arabic term Jalikiah (Galicia) as Kingdom of Leon.

The medieval Galician Kingdom, first known as the Suebian Kingdom of Gallaecia, started with the Germanic Suebi tribe in the 5th century.[1][2] This kingdom once included parts of today's Asturias, León and Portugal. It had Christian traditions even during Islamic rule in nearby areas.

As history was recorded over the centuries, some modern historians altered the narrative around the medieval Kingdom of Galicia. Instead of using the varied names found in historical documents —such as "Gallaecia Regnum", "Gallitia", "Gallizia", "Galizuland", "ard Galika", "Yilliqiyya", "Jalikia", etc.[3][4][5][6][7] — they sometimes replaced these with "Kingdom of Asturias" or "Kingdom of León".[8][9][10][11][12][13]

For some Galician scholars, this change was part of an effort to create a continuous historical line leading to the later Kingdom of Castile and eventually to a unified Spain.[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]

Those scholars have criticized this view because it doesn't match the historical facts. Sometimes, even the historians who hold this view have admitted this issue.[23][24][25][26]

See also

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References

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  1. The first mention of it was in the 6th century, when Gregory of Tours called the country of the Germanic Suebi "Gallaciensim regnum".
  2. Historia Francorum. Vol. VI. p. 43.
  3. A formación do reino de Galiza (711-910) (in Galician). Toxos Outos. p. 15.
  4. Galicia y los gallegos en las fuentes árabes medievales (in Spanish). CSIC. pp. 65–66.
  5. Dubert (ed.). Historia das historias de Galicia (in Galician). Xerais. pp. 105–106.
  6. A memoria da nación. O reino da Gallaecia (in Galician). Xerais. p. 209.
  7. El báculo y la ballesta. Diego Gelmírez (c.1065-1140) (in Spanish). Marcial Pons. p. 82.
  8. Murado, Miguel-Anxo (2013-10-03). Outra idea de Galicia (in Galician). DEBATE. ISBN 978-84-9992-367-3.
  9. Castilla y León, consideraciones sobre su historia. Los nombres, los territorios y el proceso histórico (in Spanish). University of Leon. p. 17.
  10. Orígenes del Reino de León y de sus instituciones políticas (in Spanish). p. 125.
  11. "Breve historia de Galiza (Francisco Carballo)" (PDF).
  12. La construcción de la realeza astur: poder, territorio y comunicación en la alta edad media (in Spanish). Universidad de Cantabria. p. 208. ISBN 9788481028423.
  13. 13.0 13.1 La creación del poema de mio cid. Crítica. ISBN 9788474232646.
  14. "Xosé Antonio López Teixeira: "A liña oficial de investigación da USC fai historia de España desde Galicia"" (in Galician). 2014-10-27.
  15. Historia de Galicia (in Spanish). Vol. IV. p. 20.
  16. A memoria da nación: O reino de Gallaecia (in Galician). Xerais. p. 144.
  17. Historia Xeral de Galicia (in Galician). A Nosa Terra. pp. 138–139.
  18. O reino de Galiza (in Galician). A Nosa Terra. p. 6.
  19. Galicia en sete estralos. Instantáneas do país borroso. Luzes. pp. 23–28, en 27. ISBN 978-84-947545-5-5.
  20. O Reino medieval de Galicia. Crónica dunha desmemoria. Xerais. p. 10.
  21. "Francisco Rodríguez: "Os historiadores españois ocultan a importancia do Reino de Galiza"". 15 de marzo de 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  22. "Relatorios" (in Galician).
  23. La invención del pasado. Debate. pp. 98–99. ISBN 978-84-8306-853-3.
  24. "José Manuel Barbosa: "Aceitamos a narrativa imposta pela inércia historiográfica oficial"". 2021-02-08.
  25. "Carlos Baliñas: "É hora de deixar tranquilos os reis de Galicia e democratizar a historia social"". 2016-01-18.
  26. "La honestidad intelectual es lo que cuenta – Rebelion" (in Spanish).
  27. Monumentos antiguos de la iglesia compostelana. p. 49.
  28. Chonicon Albeldense.
  29. "ONP: galizuland sb. n. place-name".
  30. "ONP: spánland sb. n. place-name".
  31. Outra idea de Galicia. Debate. p. 59.
  32. Historia de la Santa a.m. iglesia de Santiago de Compostela. Vol. 4. p. 75.
  33. Galicia, todo un reino (in Spanish). University of Santiago de Compostela. p. 740.
  34. A memoria da nación. O reino de Gallaecia (in Galician). Xerais. p. 233. ISBN 84-8302-656-2.
  35. O Reino Medieval de Galicia (in Galician). A Nosa Terra. p. 128. ISBN 978-84-8341-293-0.
  36. Pressutti (ed.). Regesta Honorii Papae III. Georg Olms Verlag. p. 167.
  37. Pressutti (ed.). Regesta Honorii Papae III. Georg Olms Verlag. p. 167.
  38. Outra idea de Galicia. Debate. p. 60.
  39. La invención del pasado. Debate. pp. 98–99. ISBN 978-84-8306-853-3.
  40. "La honestidad intelectual es lo que cuenta – Rebelion" (in Spanish).