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

Biography

He was the son of Enrique Fernández and María Álvarez.

Manuel Fernández Álvarez

In 1942 he graduated in Philosophy at the University of Valladolid.

Manuel Fernández Álvarez

He was professor at the University of Salamanca (and after retirement profesor emérito).

Manuel Fernández Álvarez

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

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