Manuel Fernández Álvarez
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Manuel Fernández Álvarez (7 November 1921 – 19 April 2010) was a Spanish historian, academic and writer.


Biography

He was the son of Enrique Fernández and María Álvarez. In 1942 he graduated in
Philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...
at the
University of Valladolid The University of Valladolid is a public university located in the city of Valladolid, Valladolid province, autonomous region of Castile and Leon, Spain. Established in the 13th century, it is one of the oldest universities in the world. The ...
. He was professor at the
University of Salamanca The University of Salamanca () is a public university, public research university in Salamanca, Spain. Founded in 1218 by Alfonso IX of León, King Alfonso IX, it is the oldest university in the Hispanic world and the fourth oldest in the ...
(and after retirement ''profesor emérito''). He died on 19 April 2010 aged 88 due to a complication after a heart surgery.


Books

*''La sociedad espanola en el Siglo de Oro'' *''La sociedad espanola del Renascimiento'', 1985 *''Carlos V, el cesar y el hombre'', 2000 *''Corpus monumental de Carlos V'', Salamanca, 1973-1981 *''Carlos V: un hombre para Europa'' *''Isabel la Catolica'' *''Felipe II y su tiempo'' *''La Gran Aventura de Cristobal Colon'', Espasa Calpe, 2006


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fernández Álvarez, Manuel 1921 births 2010 deaths Writers from Madrid Members of the Real Academia de la Historia 20th-century Spanish male writers 21st-century Spanish male writers 20th-century Spanish historians Academic staff of the University of Salamanca University of Valladolid alumni