Estoria delos Godos: Critical Edition and Introduction

A late thirteenth-century Castilian translation of Ximenes de Rada's De rebus Hispaniae, this edited and annotated text is accompanied by an introduction which places the translation within the ideological and cultural milieu of the Hispanic nobility, reflecting their concerns for the good government of the kingdom. The book will be of interest to all those concerned with Spanish history, European noble culture, and medieval translation into the vernacular.