Introduction: A Forgotten King and a Pivotal Conversion When we think of Spain’s origins as a Catholic nation, many imagine the Catholic Monarchs, the Reconquista, or Saint James the Apostle. However, centuries before Isabella and Ferdinand, a Visigothic king shaped the religious destiny of the Iberian Peninsula: Reccared I. His conversion …
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