The Anales toledanos are a series of three Old Spanish annals

Annals

Annals are a concise form of historical representation which record events chronologically, year by year. The Oxford English Dictionary defines annals as "a narrative of events written year by year"...

 covering the medieval history of the Kingdom of Toledo

Kingdom of Toledo

The Kingdom of Toledo was the juridical definition of a Christian medieval kingdom in what is now central Spain, created after Alfonso VI of León's capture of Toledo in 1085.-Background:...

: the primeros (I) begin with the County of Castile and carry their history forward to 1219, the segundos (II) end in 1250, and the terceros (III) in 1303 (or 1391). They are a valuable source to the historian. None of the Anales toledanos are related save in their provenance in Toledo

Toledo, Spain

Toledo's Alcázar became renowned in the 19th and 20th centuries as a military academy. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 its garrison was famously besieged by Republican forces.-Economy:...

 and their emphasis on events in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula

Iberian Peninsula

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The Anales toledanos primeros relied on the Anales castellanos segundos

Anales castellanos segundos

The Anales castellanos segundos are a set of Latin annals compiled in the mid or late twelfth century in Castile, covering the period from the nativity of Jesus to the death of Queen Urraca in 1126 or to 1110...

as a source, and are principally a vernacular translation and continuation (from 1110 to 1129) of these. Also used as a source was the Crónica Cauriense. The Anales toledanos segundos were probably the work of a Morisco

Morisco

Moriscos or Mouriscos , meaning "Moorish", were the converted Christian inhabitants of Spain and Portugal of Muslim heritage. Over time the term was used in a pejorative sense applied to those nominal Catholics who were suspected of secretly practicing Islam.-Demographics:By the beginning of the...

, for they show especial interest in Andalusian Muslim

Al-Andalus

Al-Andalus was the Arabic name given to a nation and territorial region also commonly referred to as Moorish Iberia. The name describes parts of the Iberian Peninsula and Septimania governed by Muslims , at various times in the period between 711 and 1492, although the territorial boundaries...

 affairs, their vocabulary is unusual, and major Christian victories are not mentioned. They reckon time according to the Anno Hegirae, not the Spanish Era

Spanish era

The Spanish era, Hispanic era or Caesar era refers to the dating system used in Hispania until the 14th century, when the Anno Domini system was adopted. It began with year one in what is 38 BC, probably the date of a new tax imposed by the Roman Republic on the subdued population of Iberia....

, as the primeros and terceros do.

The first two annals were edited and published by Francisco de Berganza

Francisco de Berganza

Fray Francisco de Berganza y Arce , better known as Padre Berganza, was a Spanish Benedictine monk and medievalist...

 in his Antigüedades de España (1719–21), and were re-edited, with serious chronological alterations, by Enrique Flórez

Enrique Florez

Enrique Flórez de Setién y Huidobro was a Spanish historian.Florez was born in Valladolid. At 15 years old, he entered the order of St Augustine. He subsequently became professor of theology at the University of Alcala, where he published a Cursus theologiae in five volumes...

, who also published the third.

Editions

• In Enrique Flórez
  Enrique Florez
  Enrique Flórez de Setién y Huidobro was a Spanish historian.Florez was born in Valladolid. At 15 years old, he entered the order of St Augustine. He subsequently became professor of theology at the University of Alcala, where he published a Cursus theologiae in five volumes...
  
  , ed. España Sagrada, XXIII (Madrid: 1767), 381–300 (I), 401–9 (II), 410–23 (III).
• In Ambrosio Huici y Miranda, ed. Las crónicas latinas de la Reconquista, I (Valencia: 1913).
• In Antonio Floriano, ed. "Anales toledanos III", Cuadernos de historia de España, 43–44 (1967), 154–87.
• In Julio Porres Martín-Cleto, ed. Los Anales Toledanos I y II (Toledo: 1993).