Alfonso X (1221-1284) was the first Spanish king to enjoy a peaceful realm after almost 500 years of constant war. With time on his hands, Alfonso immensely added to the social, cultural, and religious life of his country. Being the ruler of subjects of diverse religious and ethnic groups, Alfonso had a book on the Moorish game of chess written with the one hand, while with the other he composed a collection of songs praising Mary the Virgin Mother of Jesus Christ: the Cantigas de Santa Maria. Being a Christian monarch and ...
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Alfonso X (1221-1284) was the first Spanish king to enjoy a peaceful realm after almost 500 years of constant war. With time on his hands, Alfonso immensely added to the social, cultural, and religious life of his country. Being the ruler of subjects of diverse religious and ethnic groups, Alfonso had a book on the Moorish game of chess written with the one hand, while with the other he composed a collection of songs praising Mary the Virgin Mother of Jesus Christ: the Cantigas de Santa Maria. Being a Christian monarch and a man of letters himself, Alfonso appears to have provided some of the poetry honoring the Virgin Mary, praising her as "the dawn of dawns," "the lady of all ladies," "the rose of all roses," and "the flower of all flowers." Being a man of the people, Alfonso also seems to have taken most of his tunes from troubadour songs, which, translated into the demotic, means that his Cantigas are quite funky. As performed here by Antequera, Alfonso X's Cantigas sound like a fusion of Moorish...
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