Alfonso X, the Learned
Subtitle: a biography
By: by H. Salvador Martínez ; English translation by Odile Cisneros
Series: Studies in the history of Christian traditions -- v. 146; Studies in the history of Christian traditions -- v. 146.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 589
ISBN-13: 9789004181472
Other titles: Alfonso 10, the Learned; Alfonso the Tenth, the Learned
Work titles: Alfonso X, el Sabio
Notes: Translated from [Spanish?]

Includes bibliographical references (p. [567]-573) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The "Alfonsine era"; title: The apprenticeship of a great king; title: A prince's education; title: Alfonso King; title: The quest for the imperial crown; title: Alfonso, King of the Romans; title: Gregory X and the end of imperial ambitions; title: Illness and intellectual pursuits; title: The black decade (1269-1279); title: The nobles' rebellion; title: Desnaturación; title: The problems of succession; title: Don Sancho is declared successor; title: Deposition and civil war; title: Don Sancho seeks the consolidation of power; title: The last wills of Alfonso X; title: Conclusion: In praise of knowledge.