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In some cases, as in Visigothic Spain, Jewish residents faced the threat of either converting to Christianity or being expelled from the kingdom.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Then, in 711, they invaded Spain and smashed the Visigothic kingdom, definitively ending Arian Christianity across both North Africa and Spain.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

The story is inspired by the historical eighth-century Rodrigo, the last Visigothic king of Hispania.

From New York Times • May 22, 2013

Over it, Visigothic laws and Christian rites had been superimposed.

From Time Magazine Archive

The two strangers who had witnessed this moving little scene under the primitive carving of the Visigothic church wished to leave a good-luck piece for the small Manuela.

From Heroic Spain by O'Reilly, Elizabeth Boyle