[3c10d] %R.e.a.d@ @O.n.l.i.n.e% The Wise King: A Christian Prince, Muslim Spain, and the Birth of the Renaissance - Simon R. Doubleday ^PDF* Online

An illuminating biography of Alfonso X, the 13th-century philosopher-king whose affinity for Islamic culture left an indelible mark on Western civilization If I had been present at the Creation, the thirteenth-century Spanish philosopher-king Alfonso X is said to have stated, Many faults in the universe would have been avoided. Known as El Sabio, the Wise, Alfonso