Education
University of Oviedo. University of Valladolid.
historian university professor
University of Oviedo. University of Valladolid.
He belongs to a line of Spanish historians that are in full agreement with Francoism. Premio Nacional de Historia de España (2001)
Correspondent of the Real Academia de las Buenas Letras de Barcelona
Gran Cruz del Mérito Civil
Gran Cruz de Isabel Louisiana Católica
Gran Cruz de Alfonso X el Sabio
Gran Cruz del Mérito Militar with distinction (con distintivo blanco)
Commendation of the Orden de Enrique o Navigador.
Real Academia de la Historia]
Emeritus member of the Real Academia de Portugal
Member of the Real Academia de la Historia
Member of the Permanent Commission of the Historical Congresses of the Crown of Aragon (Comisión Permanente de los Congresos de Historia de la Corona de Aragón)
Member of the Spanish Committee of Historical Sciences (Comité Español de Ciencias Históricas).