Estoria de España

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historical chronicle historiographical work medieval Spanish chronicle

Estoria de España is a 13th-century Spanish historical chronicle commissioned by King Alfonso X that compiles and narrates the history of Spain from its legendary origins to the monarch’s own time.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Estoria de España canonical 2
History of Spain 1
Primera crónica general 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical chronicle ⓘ
historiographical work ⓘ
medieval Spanish chronicle ⓘ
aimsTo legitimize Castilian monarchy ⓘ
unify peninsular history under Castile ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Estoria de España ⓘ
surface form: Primera crónica general
associatedWith Alfonsine workshops ⓘ
author Alfonso X of Castile ⓘ
commissionedBy Alfonso X of Castile ⓘ
commissionedIn Castile ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Castile
compiledBy Alfonso X of Castile ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Castile ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Castile
coversPeriod Islamic Spain ⓘ
surface form: Islamic al-Andalus

Reconquista ⓘ
Visigothic Kingdom ⓘ
legendary origins of Spain ⓘ
reign of Alfonso X of Castile ⓘ
culturalContext medieval Iberia ⓘ
dateOfComposition 13th century ⓘ
genre chronicle ⓘ
historiography ⓘ
hasPart accounts of battles ⓘ
genealogical sections ⓘ
mythical origin narratives ⓘ
royal biographies ⓘ
influenced Crónica de Castilla ⓘ
Crónica de veinte reyes ⓘ
Crónica general vulgata ⓘ
later Castilian chronicles ⓘ
intendedAudience Castilian court ⓘ
intendedFunction didactic history ⓘ
royal propaganda ⓘ
language Old Spanish ⓘ
literaryTradition Castilian prose ⓘ
mainSubject history of Spain ⓘ
narrativeScope universal history focused on Spain ⓘ
partOf Alfonsine historiographical project ⓘ
patron Alfonso X of Castile ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Toledo ⓘ
politicalContext reign of Alfonso X of Castile ⓘ
script Gothic textura ⓘ
surface form: Gothic script
titleInEnglish Estoria de España self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: History of Spain
usesSource Arabic historical works ⓘ
Latin chronicles ⓘ
biblical narratives ⓘ
classical sources ⓘ
earlier peninsular chronicles ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alfonso X of Castile → notableWork → Estoria de España ⓘ
Estoria de España → alsoKnownAs → Estoria de España ⓘ
this entity surface form: Primera crónica general
Estoria de España → titleInEnglish → Estoria de España self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: History of Spain
General estoria → relatedWork → Estoria de España ⓘ