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Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada

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Castilian historian and bishop (1170-1247)

WritersLived 1170 to 1247 · aged 77
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Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada 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...

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Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada 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. 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.

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Lived 1170 to 1247 · aged 77
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