The Story of King Wambae (Historia Wambae Regis)

Full name of work of Julian of Toledo (642-690) - "The book is about the history of Gaul, written during the blessed memory of the ruler of Wamba Julian, bishop of Chair of Toledo." It is one of the most important monuments of early medieval historiography, and in spite of a limited amount, may be put on a par with such famous monuments of the historic Latin prose as "The History of the Franks" Gregory of Tours, "Getik" Jordan and "History of the Lombards" Paul Deacon. "The story of King Wamba" originated in the territory of Visigoth Spain and continues to historiographical tradition that goes back to the "History of the Kings Goths, Vandals isvevov" Isidore of Seville (c. 570-636). It was written at the end of VII century. (Probably between 70-bit and 80-mi gg.), Ie, in the period that historians unanimously characterized as a crisis. In Spain, there was a mutiny, raised in 672, the Visigothic tycoon Duke (Dux) Paul. The mutiny broke out on the territory of the former Roman Narbonne Gaul and the adjacent Spanish provinces. His suppression of the legitimate King Wamba (672-680) inahoditsya the focus of the author.