The Supernatural in Early Spanish Literature

This book looks at the period in Spain of the thirteenth-century Alfonso X, King of Castile, Leon, Galicia. He was known as Alfonso the Wise. During his reign, many miracles and other supernatural events occurred. The author's intention was to “collect, classify, and analyze the various references made in the works of Alfonso X, el Sabio, to the beliefs and superstitions, of the Spaniard of that day, with reference to the supernatural. “