CHAPTER 3: Popular myths of the Reconquest in Alfonso X's prosified epic songs: 3.2 National stories as historical-poetic canon: Gestas to estorias.

Section 2 of chapter 3 of the book "Imperial Histories From Alfonso X to Inca Garcilaso: Revisionist Myths of Reconquest and Conquest" is presented. It suggests that "Estoria de Espanna" by Alfonso X describes the concept of history as a form of didactic literature as well as the practice of histori...

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Published in:	Imperial Histories from Alfonso X to Inca Garcilaso: Revisionist Myths of Reconquest & Conquest pp. 23 - 27
Main Author:	González-Casanovas, Roberto J.
Format:	Book Chapter
Published:	Digitalia Publishing Corp. 1997
Subjects:	History of imperialism Vega, Garcilaso de la, 1539-1616 Didactic literature Historiography Muslims
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	Section 2 of chapter 3 of the book "Imperial Histories From Alfonso X to Inca Garcilaso: Revisionist Myths of Reconquest and Conquest" is presented. It suggests that "Estoria de Espanna" by Alfonso X describes the concept of history as a form of didactic literature as well as the practice of historiography. Furthermore, it relates how the land and its inhabitants were recovered from the Muslims by the Reconquest or Christian crusade.