Chapter 2: The Poeme de mio Cid and the Alphonsine Chronicles of Spain

Brian Powell

From Epic and Chronicle: The 'Poema de mio Cid' and the 'Crónica de veinte reyes' (1983), pp. 28-49, doi:10.59860/td.c274125

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Brian Powell

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Abstract.  I. The Latin Precursors of the Alphonsine Chronicles: (A) The Chronicon Mundi of Lucas of Tuy; (B) The De Rebus Hispaniae of Rodrigo Toledano. II. The Alphonsine Chronicles: (A) Estoria de España; (B) Primera crónica general; (C) Crónica de veinte reyes; (D) Crónica de los reyes de Castilla; (E) The Later Alphonsine Compilations; (F) Conclusion. Note cues in this chapter refer to endnotes in the end matter of the book.

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