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    Recceswinth (died 1 September 672) was the Visigothic King of Hispania and Septimania in 649–672. He ruled jointly with his father Chindaswinth until...
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    maneuver his son Recceswinth on the throne, sparking a rebellion by a Gothic noble who allied with the Basques, but was put down. Recceswinth (653–672) held...
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    The Votive Crown of Recceswinth plays a vital role in the debate regarding Roman continuity or decline in Western Europe during the Middle Ages.  Additionally...
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    rule (642–643) that survives only in fragments. In 654 his son, king Recceswinth (649–672), published the enlarged law code, which was the first law code...
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    of order not known previously. To continue his legacy, he had his son Recceswinth, at the urging of Braulio of Zaragoza, crowned co-king on 20 January...
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    ecclesiastical hierarchy. The most valuable of all is the votive crown of king Recceswinth with its blue sapphires from Sri Lanka and pendilia. Though the treasure...
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    Liber Judiciorum as codified in 642/643 and expanded by the Code of Recceswinth in 653, women could inherit land and titles and manage their holdings...
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    Visigothic goldsmithery. The two most important votive crowns are those of Recceswinth and of Suintila, displayed in the National Archaeological Museum of Madrid;...
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    became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Wamba succeeds Recceswinth as king of the Visigoths. After ascending to the throne he faces a revolt...
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    Galligaro & Perea (2007). The two most important votive crowns are those of Recceswinth and of Suintila, displayed in the National Archaeological Museum of Madrid;...
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    of the Visigoths Reign 1 September 672 – 14 October 680 Predecessor Recceswinth Successor Erwig Born c. 630 Visigothic Kingdom Died 687/688 Visigothic...
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    Iudiciorum or Lex Visigothorum (654), also known as the Book of Judges, which Recceswinth promulgated, based on Roman law and Germanic customary laws, brought...
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    Treasure of Guarrazar, among which is the crown of the Visigothic king Recceswinth (r. 649–672). These crowns were never to be worn, and were votive offerings...
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  • later than 646 - not later than 657) by marriage to Chindasuinth or Recceswinth. Her existence is confirmed by two sources. The first is a royal charter...
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    completed the expulsion of the Byzantines from Spain. Chindasuinth and Recceswinth laboured for legislative unity, and legalized marriages, hitherto prohibited...
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    judgment. The Visigothic Code compiled under kings Chindasuinth and Recceswinth in the mid-7th century placed the kings, Visigoths, and native Spanish...
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    Liuvigild included the likes of King Chindasuinth (642–653) and his son Recceswinth (653–672), both of whom reformed Visigothic laws and legal codes that...
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  • Septimanian rebellion in 672 A.D. Argebad was a strong supporter of King Recceswinth, and remained a supporter of his successor. Bachrach, Bernard S. (1973)...
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    630s Edictum Rothari Lombards Rothari 643 Lex Visigothorum Visigoths Recceswinth 654 Law of Hlothhere and Eadric Kingdom of Kent Hlothhere and Eadric...
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    Judiciorum, which was codified in 642 and 643 and expanded in the Code of Recceswinth in 653, women could inherit land and title and manage it independently...
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    votive crowns, three of them had names on them; these included Suintila, Recceswinth, and Sónnica. About the Byzantines during this time, historian Roger...
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    the saint's person when she appeared in the year 666. It is said that Recceswinth lent his knife to the saint to perform this act; the knife is also kept...
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    657, Ildefonsus was elected his successor as bishop of Toledo. King Recceswinth compelled him to accept the position, as Ildefonsus later complained...
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    letters on the pendilia spell "RECCESVINTHVS REX OFFERET", or "King Recceswinth offered this". These royal donations signified the submission of the...
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    monarch of the Byzantine Empire, and his title remains a given name. King Recceswinth draws up the Liber Judiciorum at Toledo, a Visigothic code based on Roman...
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    649 a new type was introduced, with the reverse bearing the name of Recceswinth, now associated with the throne of his father Chindasuinth. The reverse...
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    Votive crown of the Visigoth King Recceswinth († 672), part of the Treasure of Guarrazar. Made of gold and precious stones in the 2nd half of the 7th...
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    under the Visigoths. In his general law code of 654, the Visigothic king Recceswinth outlawed many essential Jewish practices, including circumcision of males...
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    Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, confirms his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom. Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan, governor...
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    Nuremberg. Another is the Visigothic polychrome votive crown (picture) of Recceswinth, King of Toledo, found in a votive crown hoard of c. 670 at Fuente de...
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