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habit at the Convento de Nuestra Señora del Risco in the Diocese of Ávila. He studied at the

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and was a disciple of

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, who took him along with him on his voyages of historical research. On Flórez's death Risco took over the unfinished

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of Spain, '' España Sagrada''. By then he was Jefe de Estudios at the Convento de Doña María de Aragón. He published thirteen volumes of the ''España Sagrada'', from thirty to forty-two, inclusive. In 1800 ill health forced him to resign from the project and he ended his days at the Monasterio de San Felipe el Real in

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. He was replaced by Juan Fernández de Rojas from the same monastery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Risco, Manuel 18th-century Spanish historians 1801 deaths 1735 births University of Salamanca alumni