by Julio Valdeón Baruque · Ediciones Martínez Roca · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788484602774
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«Alfonso X el Sabio» is the historical biography by Julio Valdeón Baruque, published by Ediciones Martínez Roca in paperback (232 pages, in Spanish).
The book traces the life of Alfonso X (1221-1284), a monarch who stood out as a poet, historian, astronomer and jurist. Valdeón reviews his education, his military campaigns, his scientific and artistic patronage, and the final difficulties of his reign, marked by the rebellion of his son, until the partition of his kingdoms.
First volume of the Historia collection. Work awarded the Spanish National History Prize in 2004.
For readers interested in the Spanish Middle Ages, the Crown of Castile and biographies of its monarchs.
