Nation legitimation traced dynastic ancestry back to Noah

Evidence

Isidore attempts a legitimation on a much grander scale: his On the Origins of the Goths traces the glorious history of the Goths from the time of Noah to their current “marriage” with Spain. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 105

Categorization

• XREF: Anticipates the genealogical device Tolan shows applied to Saracens (tracing them to Ishmael/Hagar) — parallel book-ending strategy used for Christian Hispania becomes the frame later used to marginalize Islam.