The later is the Chronicle of Alfonso III, which was revised in the early tenth century and preserved in two textual traditions that diverge in several key passages: the, preserved in the Roda Codex, and the, supposedly written by Sebastian, Bishop of Salamanca ( 910 – 913 ).

But, as is told in the Rotensian Chronicle ( chronicle of Alfonso III of Asturias in which Pelayo is considered the successor of the kings of Toledo, with clear goals of political legitimacy ) as well as in that of Al-Maqqari ( a Moroccan historian of the 16th century who died in Cairo, Egypt, and who could have used the Rotensian Chronicle and rewrite it eight centuries later, making it useless as a historical document ), Pelayo escaped from that city during the governorship of Al Hurr ( 717-718 ) and his return to Asturias triggered a revolt against the Muslim authorities of Gijon.

Several later Latin Christian sources contain descriptive accounts of the battle that have sometimes been trusted by historians, most notably the Chronicle of Alfonso III, written by Alfonso III of Asturias in the late ninth century.

Some later Arabic and Christian sources present an earlier raid by a certain Ṭārif in 710 and one, the Ad Sebastianum recension of the Chronicle of Alfonso III, refers to an Arab attack incited by Erwig during the reign of Wamba ( 672 – 80 ).

This number is outrageously high ; it complements the figure of 187, 000 for the Muslims provided by the Ad Sebastianum version of the Chronicle of Alfonso III.

The Chronicle of Alfonso III, in both its versions, blames the anonymous " sons of Wittiza " for conspiring against Roderic.

Though the Chronicle of Alfonso III in both its extant versions makes Bermudo out to be a deacon at his succession, this fact would only reinforce the notion that his election was a determined move to oppose Alfonso.

Bermudo abdicated his throne after his defeat, though whether volitionally ( as the Chronicle of Alfonso III states, " because he was remembered he was a deacon ") or forced is unknown.

According to the Chronicle of Alfonso III, credited to Ramiro's grandson, the childless Alfonso II chose as his successor Ramiro, his distant kinsman and son of Alfonso's predecessor Bermudo I.

At the time of King Alfonso's death, Ramiro was outside of Asturias in Castile ( or Bardulia according to the Chronicle of Alfonso III ), where he was attending his own marriage ceremonies.

According to the late Chronicle of Alfonso III, Roderic was a son of Theodefred, himself a son of king Chindaswinth, and of a lady named Riccilo.

Two hundred years later, the Chronicle of Alfonso III said, " In Wamba's time, 270 Saracen ships attacked the coast of Hispania and there all of them were burned.

In 680, Wamba fell ill or ( according to the Chronicle of Alfonso III two hundred years later ) was poisoned in Pampliega, near Burgos, received the order of penance in anticipation of death, and as a result was forced to step down as king upon his recovery.

The Chronicle of Alfonso III blames Wamba's successor Erwig for this ; some modern commentators have blamed Julian of Toledo, who was made primate of the Visigothic church by Erwig ( in reward for his services ?).

According to the 9th-century Chronicle of Alfonso III, Erwig was the son of Ardabast, who had journeyed from Constantinople to Hispania during the time of Chindasuinth, and married Chindasuinth's niece Goda.

It was severe enough to force the two kings from their capital of Toledo and it might be that this was the period when Wittiza was sent by his father to rule in Tui in Gallaecia over the regnum Suevorum, an event recorded by the Chronicle of Alfonso III and often dismissed by scholars as nonsense, although there is numismatic evidence that suggests its veracity.

It may mean that he pressured the Eighteenth Council to ratify the decision of the Quinisext Council that clerical marriage was permissible: according to the Chronicle of Alfonso III, Fruela I of Asturias ( 757 – 68 ) reversed this ruling.

" The Chronicle of Alfonso III mentions his many wives and mistresses and how he brought " ruin to Hispania ", while the Chronicle of 754, written less than a half century after his death, records that he brought " joy and prosperity " to the kingdom.

The " sons of Wittiza ", who are otherwise unknown, are made out by the Chronicle of Alfonso III to be traitors who helped deliver Hispania to the Moors.

Shakespeare's plays about the lives of kings, such as Richard III and Henry V, belong to this category, as do Christopher Marlowe's Edward II and George Peele's Famous Chronicle of King Edward the First.

The chronicles on which knowledge of this period is based, written all during the reign of Alphonse III when there was great Gothic ideological influence, are the Sebastianensian Chronicle ( Crónica Sebastianense ), the Albeldensian Chronicle ( Crónica Albeldense ) and the Rotensian Chronicle ( Crónica Rotense ).

The alleged murder of Romanos III Argyros in a bath, from the Chronicle of John Skylitzes.

Murder of emperor Romanos III Argyros under the order of Michael IV the Paphlagonian, from the Constantine Manasses | Constantine Manasses Chronicle

In the ' French Chronicle of London ', she is, oddly enough, described as having been roasted by the wife of Henry III, Eleanor of Provence.

He found it in the Croyland Chronicle, one of the sources for his History of King Richard III.

A passage of the Chronicle of Edessa identifies " Anzoy the Roman " as wife of Siroes ( Kavadh III ) and mother of Ardashir III.

The Austin Chronicle newspaper, printing Gorski's bi-weekly " Litera " column, first published the term " performance poetry " to describe the work of Gorski with composer D ' Jalma Garnier III as early as 1982.

* Dumville, David N. 2004 ' Annales Cambriae and Easter ', in The Medieval Chronicle III, Rodopi, Amsterdam & New York.

The account in the Chronicle of Melrose names the place as the " Black Cave ," and John of Fordun calls it the " Black Den ".

Writer Matthew K. Manning in the " 1980s " chapter of DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle ( 2010 ) calls the series " arguably the best Batman story of all time.

Joseph Nathan Kane ( January 23, 1899-September 22, 2002 ) was an American non-fiction writer and journalist, who wrote what the Chronicle of Higher Education calls " some of the most widely used reference works in publishing history.

Some medieval sources state that Stigand took part in the negotiations that reached a peace between the king and his earl, and the Canterbury manuscript of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle calls Stigand the king's chaplain and advisor during the negotiations.

Even with Roderic's sphere of influence ( the southwest ) and his capital Toledo, he was not unopposed after his " usurpation " ( the Chronicle of 754 calls it an " invasion ").

John of Fordun ( IV, ii ) calls Kenneth's father " Alpin son of Achay " ( Alpín son of Eochu ) and has him killed in war with the Picts in 836 ; Andrew of Wyntoun's version mixes Fordun's war with the Picts with the Chronicle version which has him killed in Galloway.

Delderfield calls his sources " character farms ", the main ones being his time in Addiscombe, schooldays, and his time at the Exmouth Chronicle.

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Oswald may have had the better claim, as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle calls him a descendant of the early king Ceawlin, but it was Æthelheard who prevailed.

According to a letter obtained by the San Francisco Chronicle, Peskin made a series of harassing drunken telephone calls to officials at the Port of San Francisco and said he would eliminate their jobs and cut funding to the agency because staff members disagreed with him.

He is sometimes called ' King of Livonia ', Chronicle of Henry of Livonia calls him quasi rex, ' like a king '.

* The testimony of Eusebius is disputed, as his statement that Papias " was not himself a hearer and eye-witness of the holy apostles " is contradicted by a passage in Eusebius ' Chronicle which expressly calls the Apostle John the teacher of Papias.

The Chronicle of 754 calls Wittiza " merciful ", and only criticizes the method of his succession, probably in reference to these events and to the hated Ergica.