Tanto quiere dezir como alumbramiento de las escrituras que son escuras. El Lucidario de Sancho IV ante la ciencia alfonsí
ISSN: 0326-0941
Argitalpen urtea: 2022
Zenbakia: 42
Orrialdeak: 57-92
Mota: Artikulua
Beste argitalpen batzuk: Incipit
Laburpena
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