 In "Historia Gothorum", the Visigoth Suinthila appears as the first monarch where Hispania is dealt with as a Gothic nation.The North African Muslims, referred to as Moors, conquered Hispania () (711–719), and called the area they controlled 'Al-Andalus' ().In the chronicles and documents of the High Middle Ages the terms derived from Hispania, "Spania", "España" or "Espanha", continued to be used by the Christians but only in reference to Muslim controlled areas.