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Alfonso X, the Learned : a biography
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Alfonso X, el Sabio. English
Title
Alfonso X, the Learned : a biography / by H. Salvador Martínez ; English translation by Odile Cisneros.
ISBN
9789004181472
9004181474
Published
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Physical Description
xiv, 589 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Notes
Translated from [Spanish?]
Variant and related titles
Alfonso 10, the Learned
Alfonso the Tenth, the Learned
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 20, 2010
Series
Studies in the history of Christian traditions, v. 146
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [567]-573) and index.
Contents
Introduction: The "Alfonsine era"
The apprenticeship of a great king
A prince's education
Alfonso King
The quest for the imperial crown
Alfonso, King of the Romans
Gregory X and the end of imperial ambitions
Illness and intellectual pursuits
The black decade (1269-1279)
The nobles' rebellion
Desnaturación
The problems of succession
Don Sancho is declared successor
Deposition and civil war
Don Sancho seeks the consolidation of power
The last wills of Alfonso X
Conclusion: In praise of knowledge.
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