Alfonso X, the Learned
A Biography
H. Salvador Martínez. Translated by Odile Cisneros
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Biographical note
H. Salvador Martínez, Ph.D. (1972) in Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, is Professor of Spanish and Medieval culture at New York University. He has published extensively on medieval and Renaissance literature and culture, including El 'Poema de Almería' y la épica románica (Gredos, 1975), La rebelión de los burgos (Tecnos, 1992) and Convivencia en la España del siglo XIII (Polifemo, 2006).
Readership
All those interested in Hispano-medievalism and biographies; as well as for specialists in intellectual and political history.
Table of contents
Abbreviations
List of Illustrations
Colour Plates
Introduction: The "Alfonsine Era"
1. The Apprenticeship of a Great King
2. A Prince's Education
3. Alfonso King
4. The Quest for the Imperial Crown
5. Alfonso, King of the Romans
6. Gregory X and the End of Imperial Ambitions
7. Illness and Intellectual Pursuits
8. The Black Decade (1269-1279)
9. The Nobles' Rebellion
10. Desnaturación
11. The Problems of Succession
12. Don Sancho is Declared Successor
13. Deposition and Civil War
14. Don Sancho Seeks the Consolidation of Power: The Curse
15. The Last Wills of Alfonso X
Conclusion: In Praise of Knowledge
Bibliography
Index of Names
List of Illustrations
Colour Plates
Introduction: The "Alfonsine Era"
1. The Apprenticeship of a Great King
2. A Prince's Education
3. Alfonso King
4. The Quest for the Imperial Crown
5. Alfonso, King of the Romans
6. Gregory X and the End of Imperial Ambitions
7. Illness and Intellectual Pursuits
8. The Black Decade (1269-1279)
9. The Nobles' Rebellion
10. Desnaturación
11. The Problems of Succession
12. Don Sancho is Declared Successor
13. Deposition and Civil War
14. Don Sancho Seeks the Consolidation of Power: The Curse
15. The Last Wills of Alfonso X
Conclusion: In Praise of Knowledge
Bibliography
Index of Names
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