Alfonso X, the Learned, 'Cantigas de Santa Maria': an Anthology

Download or read book Alfonso X, the Learned, 'Cantigas de Santa Maria': an Anthology written by Stephen Parkinson and published by MHRA. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of the 13th-century Galician Cantigas de Santa Maria commissioned by Alfonso X of Castile in a new edition produced by the Oxford CSM Critical Edition project, with critical apparatus. The order of poems will replicate the distinctive internal structure of the main compilations and the edition will make these texts available in a form suitable as a set text for student use, with an introduction placing them in their historical, cultural and linguistic context, and with English translations.