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Alfonso X of Castile-León : Royal Patronage, Self-Promotion and Manuscripts in Thirteenth-century Spain /

Alfonso X 'the Learned' of Castile (1252-1284) was praised in his lifetime as a king who devoted himself to discovering all worldly and divine knowledge. He commissioned chronicles and law codes and composed poems to the Virgin Mary, he gathered together Jewish scholars to translate works...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kennedy, Kirstin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Dutch
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019
Colección:Church, faith, and culture in the Medieval West.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : 'the king makes a book'
  • Alfonso X, his literary patronage, and the verdict of historians
  • Alfonso in his texts : literary models and royal authorship
  • Reality, politics, and precedent in images of Alfonso
  • Codices laid out for a king : the appearance and production of Alfonsine manuscripts
  • The circulation of Alfonsine texts : astrological works and chronicles.