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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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Published in:Imperial Histories from Alfonso X to Inca Garcilaso: Revisionist Myths of Reconquest & Conquest pp. 26 - 35
Main Author: González-Casanovas, Roberto J.
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Digitalia Publishing Corp. 1997
Subjects:
History of imperialism
Vega, Garcilaso de la, 1539-1616
Historians
Eighth century
Eleventh century
Spain
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary: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.