Alfonso X, the Learned: A Biography by Martínez

Alfonso X, the Learned: A Biography (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004181472)

Vendor: H. Salvador Mart匤ez
Product type: Books
Format: Hardcover
$218.00
$218.00
$218.00
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Alfonso X, the Learned: A Biography by Martínez

Alfonso X, the Learned: A Biography

$218.00
Alfonso X, the Learned: A Biography by Martínez

Alfonso X, the Learned: A Biography

$218.00
Format: Hardcover
Description
Description
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Recent publications about King Alfonso X have tended to focus on his role as monarch in the context of the institutions of the realm. This book, however, emphasizes the human dimension of this extraordinary figure. Drawing on King Alfonso's own works and on extensive archival sources, both well-known and neglected, Salvador Mart匤ez brings to life a king who valued the possession of knowledge above all earthly riches. The "Learned King" left a vast legacy of work, which would influence developments in both Spain and Europe, most significantly in the transfer of knowledge from the Arabs to the Christian West. With his intellectual curiosity and his pursuit of wisdom, Alfonso X is a towering figure at the origins of modernity.

Author: H. Salvador Mart匤ez
ISBN-10: 9004181474
ISBN-13: 9789004181472
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 03/02/2010
Pages: 616
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.30lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.40w x 1.70d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2011
By H. Salvador Mart匤ez
By H. Salvador Mart匤ez
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H. Salvador Mart匤ez, 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 Almer僘' y la 駱ica rom疣ica (Gredos, 1975), La rebeli de los burgos (Tecnos, 1992) and Convivencia en la Espa del siglo XIII (Polifemo, 2006).

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