Chronicle of 754

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The Chronicle of 754 is an anonymous Latin historical work from early medieval Iberia that provides a near-contemporary narrative of events in the 7th and 8th centuries, including the rise of Islam and its expansion into the Iberian Peninsula.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin historical work
anonymous work
medieval chronicle
approximateDateWritten circa 754
authorship anonymous
chronologicalScopeEnd mid-8th century
chronologicalScopeStart 7th century
countryOfOrigin Iberian Peninsula
surface form: Iberia
coversEvent Islamic expansion into the Iberian Peninsula
Umayyad conquest of Hispania
rise of Islam
coversRegion Andalusia
surface form: Al-Andalus

Visigothic Kingdom
dateWritten 8th century
describes transition from Visigothic to Islamic rule in Iberia
genre chronicle
historicalPerspective Christian
historicalValue near-contemporary narrative of 7th and 8th century events
isContemporarySourceFor early Islamic expansion in Iberia
early Umayyad rule in Hispania
late Visigothic history
language Latin
narrativeForm annalistic narrative
placeOfOrigin Iberian Peninsula
subjectMatter military campaigns
political history
religious history
timePeriodDescribed 7th century
8th century
usedAsSourceBy modern historians of early medieval Spain
scholars of early Islam in the West
workStatus surviving text
writtenIn early medieval Iberia

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