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
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at the
University of Valladolid
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.
He was professor at the
University of Salamanca
The University of Salamanca ( es, Universidad de Salamanca) is a Spanish higher education institution, located in the city of Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It was founded in 1218 by King Alfonso IX. It is t ...
(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
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1921 births
2010 deaths
Writers from Madrid
Members of the Real Academia de la Historia
20th-century Spanish male writers
21st-century male writers
20th-century Spanish historians
Academic staff of the University of Salamanca
University of Valladolid alumni