CHAPTER 3: Popular myths of the Reconquest in Alfonso X's prosified epic songs: 3.3 Cantares de gestas as narrative example and historical authority.

Section 3 of chapter 3 of the book "Imperial Histories From Alfonso X to Inca Garcilaso: Revisionist Myths of Reconquest and Conquest" is presented. It focuses on Alfonsine historians and their chronicle of the Reconquest which began from the remote eighth century to eleventh century, illustrating h...

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Publicado en:Imperial Histories from Alfonso X to Inca Garcilaso: Revisionist Myths of Reconquest & Conquest pp. 26 - 35
Autor principal: González-Casanovas, Roberto J.
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Publicado: Digitalia Publishing Corp. 1997
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Sumario:Section 3 of chapter 3 of the book "Imperial Histories From Alfonso X to Inca Garcilaso: Revisionist Myths of Reconquest and Conquest" is presented. It focuses on Alfonsine historians and their chronicle of the Reconquest which began from the remote eighth century to eleventh century, illustrating how it developed, as suggested, from the story of the nation into a nationalist history with an emphasis on the heroes of Spain.