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

by Kristin Kennedy and Kirstin Kennedy

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 of Arab astrology and astronomy, and he founded a university of Latin and Arabic studies at Seville. Moreover, according to his nephew Juan Manuel, Alfonso was careful...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9462988978
• ISBN13: 9789462988972
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"