Chronica Prophetica

The Chronica Prophetica ("Prophetic Chronicle") is an anonymous medieval Latin chronicle written by a Christian in April 883 at or near the court of Alfonso III of Asturias in Oviedo. It uses the dating system of the Spanish Era and is essentially an interpretation of the prophecy concerning the fate of Gog found in the biblical Book of Ezekiel.[1] To the anonymous Asturian, the destruction of the Emirate of Córdoba is closely linked with the end times. This optimism was likely fostered by the political weakness of the Umayyads of Córdoba at the time, and the consequent success of Christian raiding and Repoblación. The Chronica is divided into six sections:

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  1. Vicente Catarino (1980), "The Spanish Reconquest: A Cluniac Holy War Against Islam?" Islam and the Medieval West: Aspects of Intercultural Relations, Khalil I. Semaan, ed. (SUNY Press, ISBN 0-87395-409-2), 87, who argues that the biblical prophetic framework in which the anonymous author sees history leaves religion and God as explanations but not reasons for the war against the Saracens.
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