General Estoria

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf medieval literature
gptkbp:author gptkb:Alfonso_X_of_Castile
gptkbp:commissionedBy gptkb:Alfonso_X_of_Castile
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Kingdom_of_Castile
gptkbp:currentLocation various libraries in Spain and Europe
gptkbp:dateWritten 13th century
gptkbp:genre universal history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Estoria
gptkbp:influenced influenced later Spanish historiography
gptkbp:language gptkb:Old_Spanish
gptkbp:manuscript several medieval manuscripts preserved
gptkbp:notableFor integration of biblical and secular history
use of vernacular language for scholarly work
gptkbp:purpose to provide a universal history from Creation to Alfonso X's time
gptkbp:relatedWork gptkb:Estoria_de_España
gptkbp:significance one of the earliest universal histories in a Romance language
gptkbp:source gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
Arabic sources
Latin sources
classical historians
gptkbp:structure divided into six parts (partes)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Alfonso_X_of_Castile
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5