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Title: Tradición clásica y voluntad política en el Setenario de Alfonso X El Sabio
Authors: López Rodríguez, Concepción
Keywords: Tradición Clásica;Setenario;Alfonso X;Setenario;Astrología;Tolomeo;Classical Tradition;Alphonso X;Setenario;Astrology;Ptolemy
Issue Date: 2009
Publisher: Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra, Instituto de Estudos Clássicos
Abstract: El rey castellano, Alfonso X el Sabio, compuso la obra del Setenario siguiendo diversas tradiciones clásicas que otorgaban al numero siete un valor simbólico; este valor proviene de muchos autores griegos y latinos; uno de ellos, quizás el más importante, es Tolomeo. Pero Alfonso supo adaptar este símbolo a su propia obra, dotándola de un contenido religioso y político; también hizo de este número el emblema de su propio nombre: en castellano A-l-f-o-n-s-o tiene siete letras. Estas letras, desde otra perspectiva, resumen su excelencia personal, pero, sobre todo, su propósito final es esencialmente político: aspira a unificar su reino que estaba disperso jurídicamente en leyes locales después de la Reconquista.
Abstract The Castilian King, Alphonso X the Wise, wrote the Setenario following different classical traditions that have given to the seven number one symbolical meaning. This value comes from many Greek and Latin authors; one of them, perhaps the most important, is Ptolemy. But Alphonso found out how to fit perfectly that traditional symbol to his proper work providing it with a religious and political content; furthermore he made of this number the emblem of his proper name: in Spanish language, in fact, A-l-f-o-n-s-o has seven letters. On the other hand, these letters summarize his personal excellence. But, mainly, his final purpose is essentially political: he aims to unify his kingdom which was scattered into different local laws after the Reconquest
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10316.2/27520
ISSN: 2183-1718
DOI: 10.14195/2183-1718_61_8
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