Emperor of Culture: Alfonso X the Learned of Castile and His Thirteenth-Century Renaissance

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 1990

Emperor of Culture

Alfonso X the Learned of Castile and His Thirteenth-Century Renaissance

Edited by: Robert I. Burns, S.J.

In the series Anniversary Collection

In the series The Middle Ages Series

https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512800951

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Emperor of Culture explores Alfonso's vast influence and will be valuable to all students and scholars of medieval Spain.

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Robert I. Burns, S.J. was Professor of History at the University of California at Los Angeles and the author of many books on the Middle Ages, including Muslims, Christians and Jews in Crusader Valencia, Society and Documentation in Crusader Valencia, and as editor The Worlds of Alfonso the Learned and James the Conqueror.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
List of Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	IX
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XI
1. Stupor Mundi: Alfonso X of Castile, the Learned Robert I. Burns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Image and Reality: The King Creates His Kingdom Joseph F. O’Callaghan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
3. Alfonso el Sabio and the Thirteenth-Century Spanish Language Lloyd Kasten Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
4. Manuscript Illustration: The Cantigas in Contemporary Art Context Ellen Kosmer and James F. Powers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
5. Jewish Collaborators in Alfonso's Scientific Work Norman Roth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
6. Drama, Ritual, and Incipient Opera in Alfonso's Cantigas John Ε. Keller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
7. Alfonso's Scriptorium and Chancery: Role of the Prologue in Bonding the Translatio Studii to the Translatio Potestatis Anthony J. Cárdenas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
8. The Road Through Roncesvalles: Alfonsine Formation of Brunetto Latini and Dante—Diplomacy and Literature Julia Bolton Holloway Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
9. Alfonso as Troubadour: The Fact and the Fiction Joseph Τ. Snow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
10. Alfonsine Historiography: The Literary Narrative Nancy Joe Dyer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
11. Melodic Survivals? Kurt Schindler and the Tune of Alfonso's Cantiga "Rosa das rosas" in Oral Tradition Israel J. Katz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
12. The Legislative Works of Alfonso el Sabio Jerry R. Craddock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	182
13. In Search of a King: An Alfonsine Bibliology Anthony J. Cárdenas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	198
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 288
Illustrations
- Other: 19 illus.
Keywords: History; Medieval and Renaissance Studies; European History; World History

eBook

Published: September 30, 2015
ISBN: 9781512800951