Tanto quiere dezir como alumbramiento de las escrituras que son escuras. El Lucidario de Sancho IV ante la ciencia alfonsí
ISSN: 0326-0941
Datum der Publikation: 2022
Nummer: 42
Seiten: 57-92
Art: Artikel
Andere Publikationen in: Incipit
Zusammenfassung
After deposing his father, Alfonso X of Castile-León in 1284, Sancho IV ruled until 1295. During this short period, he promoted the composition of a series of books infused with the teachings of the Church’s Fathers and Scholastic theologians. Focusing on the Lucidario, a didactic dialogue written in the 1290’s, this article explores how San-cho builds his dynastic legitimacy with a return to Christian orthodoxy contrasted to his father’s heterodox beliefs and astrological interests. I also analyse his usage of theological arguments against Aristotelian natural philosophy, which played a central role in Alfonso’s cultural program for Castile