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An Appeal for Annotations: Alfonso de Palencia’s ‘Vidas Paralelas’

After an eventful life as a chronicler, translator, and lexicographer in the turbulent world of 15th Century Spain, Alfonso de Palencia settled down in Seville to produce what would be one of his final published works. Born in 1423, he spent ten years of his youth studying in Italy alongside some of the most prominent …

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Video Update: Lena Zlock interviews Richard Ovenden about Burning the Books

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