Anuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca "Julio de Urquijo" (Sep 2018)

¿Dedicó Isidoro de Sevilla las "Etymologiae" al rey Sisebuto? / Did Isidore of Seville dedicate the Etymologiae to the King Sisebuto?

  • Valeriano Yarza Urquiola

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 52, no. 1/2
pp. 853 – 866

Abstract

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Despite hesitation, the prevailing opinion among scholars today is that Isidore dedicated his masterpiece, Etymologiae, to the visigoth king Sisebuto (612-621). We are not entirely sure about such estimation and in this article we are aiming at providing information and arguments to rebut or, at least, call it into question.