Medieval legend of the Oath of Santa Gadea. The King of León Alfonso VI was forced to take a public oath in the Church of Santa Gadea in Burgos, in 1072, that he had not part in the murder of his brother, King Sancho II. Chromolithography. Detail. Historia General de España (General History of Spain), by Miguel de Morayta. Volume II. Madrid, 1889.

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