The world of El Cid

The world of El Cid
Author: Simon Barton
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2013-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1526112639

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Makes available, for the first time in English translation, four of the principal narrative sources for the history of the Spanish kingdom of León-Castile during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Three chronicles focus primarily upon the activities of the kings of León-Castile as leaders of the Reconquest of Spain from the forces of Islam, and especially upon Fernando I (1037-65), his son Alfonso VI (1065-1109) and the latter's grandson Alfonso VII (1126-57). The fourth chronicle is a biography of the hero Rodrigo Díaz, better remembered as El Cid, and is the main source of information about his extraordinary career as a mercenary soldier who fought for Christian and Muslim alike. Covers the fascinating interaction of the Muslim and Christian worlds, each at the height of their power. Each text is prefaced by its own introduction and accompanied by explanatory notes.

Church, State, Vellum, and Stone

Church, State, Vellum, and Stone
Author: Therese Martin
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 584
Release: 2005-12-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 904741618X

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The essays in this volume, written in honor of retired scholar John Williams, treat a variety of topics pertaining to Medieval Spain; providing an interdisciplinary, international, and intergenerational view of current work in the field.

Christ, Mary, and the Saints

Christ, Mary, and the Saints
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2018-12-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004380124

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Christ, Mary, and the Saints: Reading Religious Subjects in Medieval and Renaissance Spain offers an innovative, theoretically nuanced contribution to the study of devotional subjects in medieval and Golden Age Iberian art and literature.

Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History. Volume 3 (1050-1200)

Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History. Volume 3 (1050-1200)
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 818
Release: 2011-03-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004216162

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Christian-Muslim Relations, a Bibliographical History 3 (CMR3) is a history of all the works on Christian-Muslim relations from 1050 to 1200. It comprises introductory essays and over one hundred entries containing descriptions, assessments and comprehensive bibliographical details of individual works.

Teoria y Practica de la Historiografia Medieval Iberica

Teoria y Practica de la Historiografia Medieval Iberica
Author: A Ward
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2000-12-20
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0567129047

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A book on the theory and practice of Medieval Historiography in Spain.

Orígenes y desarrollo de la guerra santa en la Península Ibérica

Orígenes y desarrollo de la guerra santa en la Península Ibérica
Author: Carlos de Ayala Martínez, Patrick Henriet y J. Santiago Palacios Ontalva (eds.)
Publisher: Casa de Velázquez
Total Pages: 504
Release: 2016-05-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 8490960321

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Este libro gira en torno al origen y desarrollo de la noción de guerra santa en la Edad Media peninsular. Se propone identificar un significativo elenco de testimonios terminológicos e iconográficos, relativos al concepto o realidad de la categoría «guerra santa», en fuentes de muy diversa naturaleza. Esos testimonios, debidamente contextualizados, ayudan a profundizar en un tema todavía pendiente de mayor seguimiento conceptual y metodológico. Solo a partir de esta identificación de recursos instrumentales es posible avanzar en el análisis necesariamente comparativo, diferenciado geográfica y cronológicamente, acerca de la compleja realidad de la que se está tratando. Dicho análisis sirvió de sustrato esencial en los procesos ideológicos de legitimación política a lo largo de prácticamente toda la Edad Media peninsular.