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Alfonso X, the Justinian of His Age
In this magisterial work, Joseph O'Callaghan offers a detailed account of the establishment of Alfonso X's legal code, the Libro de las leyes or Siete Partidas, and its applications in the daily life of thirteenth-century Iberia, both within and far beyond the royal courts. O'Callaghan argues that Alfonso X, el Sabio (the Wise), was the Justinian of his age, one of the truly great legal minds of human history. Alfonso X, the Justinian of His Age highlights the struggles the king faced in creating a new, coherent, inclusive, and all-embracing body of law during his reign, O'Callaghan also considers Alfonso X's own understanding of his role as king, lawgiver, and defender of the faith in order to evaluate the impact of his achievement on the administration of justice. Indeed, such was the power and authority of the Alfonsine code that it proved the king's downfall when his son invoked it to challenge his rule. Throughout this soaring legal and historical biography, O'Callaghan reminds us of the long-term impacts of Alfonso X's legal works, not just on Castilian (and later, Iberian) life, but on the administration of justice across the world.
The Learned King
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
Societat, cultura i món mediterrani a l'Edat Mitjana. Recull d'articles
Aquest volum aplega una trentena d’articles de Salvador Claramunt Rodríguez, catedràtic d’Història Medieval de la Universitat de Barcelona, organitzats en tres grans àrees temàtiques que són la punta de llança dels àmbits als quals el polifacètic doctor Claramunt ha dedicat la seva tasca docent i investigadora. Així, a “Supervivència, vida i mort a l’Edat Mitjana”, Claramunt analitza el calendari festiu a l’Edat Mitjana, els viatges, la mort o l’assistència als pobres; els articles de “Cultura i món universitari” configuren, aplegats aquí, una visió completa i detallada del món i la vida universitària medievals; finalment, a “Catalunya, la Corona d’Aragó i el Mediterrani” es recullen articles que dibuixen, amb el mestratge propi de l’autor, la formació de Catalunya i la Corona d’Aragó i la seva expansió pel Mediterrani.
