The Spanish Hermes and Wisdom Traditions in Medieval Iberia: Alfonso X's General Estoria

A captivating study of translation, adaptation, and intellectual cross—pollination that situates the Castilian Hermes in the center of medieval Mediterranean cultural exchange

Hermes Trismegistus, a Hellenistic conflation of the Greek Hermes (god of interpretative wisdom) and the Egyptian Thoth (god of wisdom) was considered by many in the medieval world as the father of culture. Between c. 300 BCE — c. 1200 CE various treatises were attributed to the legendary sage, becoming known as the He...