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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kennedy, Kirstin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Dutch
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019
Series:Church, faith, and culture in the Medieval West.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Alfonso > X, > King of Castile and Leon, > 1221-1284.
Literary patrons > Spain.
Transmission of texts > Spain.
Books and reading > Spain > History > To 1500.
Authors and patrons > Spain > History > To 1500.
Spain > Intellectual life > 711-1516.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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