The scope of history : studies in the historiography of Alfonso el Sabio / Charles F. Fraker.
1996
DP64 .F73 1996 (Mapit)
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Title
The scope of history : studies in the historiography of Alfonso el Sabio / Charles F. Fraker.
Author
Fraker, Charles F.
ISBN
0472106694 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780472106691 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780472106691 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
Publication Details
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©1996.
Language
English
Description
235 pages ; 24 cm
Call Number
DP64 .F73 1996
Dewey Decimal Classification
907/.2046
Summary
The Scope of History explains how the Alfonsine histories became well-fashioned and independent works of literature, having begun as simple compilations of preexisting texts. The author seeks to point out that the editors of the Alfonsine histories amplify and alter their sources, rejoin them with artistic skill, and generally arrange the elements into an ordered system. In so doing, Fraker explains, the final text speaks uniquely, giving voice to themes alien to the original texts. Fraker also aims to illustrate the scope of the editorial labor that sets Alfonso's General estoria and his Estoria de Espanna apart from their contemporary histories.
The Scope of History is a collection of eight essays written by Charles F. Fraker between 1974 and 1991. To these works he has added four new pieces: a general introduction and three prefaces to accompany the essays as he has grouped them. This collection reflects the durable nature of Fraker's work, which has been characterized as vitally important to the field of Castilian history, focusing on the historiography of Alfonso X of Castile.
The Scope of History is a collection of eight essays written by Charles F. Fraker between 1974 and 1991. To these works he has added four new pieces: a general introduction and three prefaces to accompany the essays as he has grouped them. This collection reflects the durable nature of Fraker's work, which has been characterized as vitally important to the field of Castilian history, focusing on the historiography of Alfonso X of Castile.
Note
"This book is primarily a collection of my essays published between 1974 and 1991 on the historiography of Alfonso the Learned of Castile"--Introduction.
The Scope of History is a collection of eight essays written by Charles F. Fraker between 1974 and 1991. To these works he has added four new pieces: a general introduction and three prefaces to accompany the essays as he has grouped them. This collection reflects the durable nature of Fraker's work, which has been characterized as vitally important to the field of Castilian history, focusing on the historiography of Alfonso X of Castile.
The Scope of History is a collection of eight essays written by Charles F. Fraker between 1974 and 1991. To these works he has added four new pieces: a general introduction and three prefaces to accompany the essays as he has grouped them. This collection reflects the durable nature of Fraker's work, which has been characterized as vitally important to the field of Castilian history, focusing on the historiography of Alfonso X of Castile.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-230) and index.
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Table of Contents
Sancho II: Epic and Chronicle
The Beginning of the Cantar de Sancho
Scipio, and the Origins of Culture: The Question of Alfonso's Sources
The Fet des romains and the Primera cronica general
Alfonso X, the Empire and the Primera cronica
Abraham in the General estoria
A Hermetic Theme in the General estoria
The General estoria: Material Culture and Hermeticism.
The Beginning of the Cantar de Sancho
Scipio, and the Origins of Culture: The Question of Alfonso's Sources
The Fet des romains and the Primera cronica general
Alfonso X, the Empire and the Primera cronica
Abraham in the General estoria
A Hermetic Theme in the General estoria
The General estoria: Material Culture and Hermeticism.