The Wise King. A Christian Prince,Muslim Spain, and the Birth of the Renaissance

Selected chapters from Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM).

An academic biography of Alfonso X that sheds light on medieval monarchy, political culture, and the transmission of knowledge. It reinterprets his reign through an examination of his exercise of kingship, his role in the legal, scientific, and literary production of the royal court, and his contribution to the circulation of knowledge. The book also integrates the history of emotions into its analysis of royal authority, political culture, and the so-called Castilian cultural renaissance. 

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Biografía académica de Alfonso X que ilumina la historia de la monarquía medieval, la cultura política y la transmisión del conocimiento. Reinterpreta su reinado a partir de sus actuaciones de gobierno, su intervención en la producción jurídica, científica y literaria de la corte y su papel en la circulación del saber, integrando la historia de las emociones en el análisis de la autoridad regia, la cultura política y el denominado renacimiento cultural castellano.