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adjectiveAlfonsian (not comparable)
- not comparableOf or relating to Alfonso X of Castile (1221–1284).
Much similar to Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen (r. 1220–1250), […] with whom Alfonso happened to be related (his mother was Elisabeth of Swabia), many of the written works compiled at the Alfonsian court were based on translations of Arabic sources (fig. 2.2).
2021 March, Michael A. Conrad, “When Warriors Become Teachers: Alfonso X's Cultural Endeavors and the Crusade Ideology”, in Francine Giese, editor, Mudejarismo and Moorish Revival in Europe: Cultural Negotiations and Artistic Translations in the Middle Ages and 19th-century Historicism (Visualising the Middle Ages; 13), Leiden: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 18Synonyms: Alfonsine
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adjectiveOf or relating to Alfonso X of Castile (1221–1284).
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