[5] As king, Chintila ensured that the Visigothic citizenry was entirely Christian, going so far as to ban Jewish people from the kingdom.

The Sixth Council of Toledo commended him on these efforts, asking God to ensure that the king lives a long life and pledging to remain vigilant so that these policies continued into the future.

Chintila’s reign laid the groundwork for future Visigothic kings to further persecute Jewish populations.

In 650, Jewish populations living among the Visigoths swore an oath to King Recceswinth, indicating that they had – on penalty of death – been baptized as Christians under King Chintila but that, regardless of the forced nature of the conversion, they would continue to abide by Christian teachings instead of their Jewish heritage.

[12] Most modern sources mention Chintila only in passing; more time is spent with the provisional councils at Toledo that the king called.

Roger Collins has built extensively on Thompson's work, describing at length the Visigothic kingdom.