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Artistic and Cultural Dialogues in the Late Medieval Mediterranean
This book analyses the artistic and cultural legacy of Western Islamic societies and their interactions with Islamic, Christian and Jewish societies in the framework of the late medieval Mediterranean, from a range of multi-disciplinary perspectives. The book, organised in four parts, addresses the Andalusi legacy from its presence in the East and the West; analyses the relations and transfers between Al-Andalus and the artistic productions of the Christian kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula; explores other manifestations of the Andalusi legacy in the fields of knowledge, construction, identity and religious studies; and reconsiders ornamental transfers and exchanges in artistic manifestations between East and West across the Mediterranean basin. Chapter 2 is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.
The Visual Culture of al-Andalus in the Christian Kingdoms of Iberia
This book addresses the reception of Islamic visual culture by the northern Iberian kingdoms, by systematically comparing works of art from both sides and fleshing out their historical context. This study includes figurative and iconographic motifs, architectural forms, and even the spolia from constructions and Arabic inscriptions that were embedded in Christian buildings. The Islamic visual culture of al-Andalus was often transformed as it was recreated by Christian hands, bringing to the fore various nuances in the relationship between the two religious communities. Artistic transfer was conditioned by social coexistence between Christians and Muslims—both in the caliphate al-Andalus and in the northern realms—and military conflict. To approach the different ways in which Andalusi visual culture was received in the northern kingdoms, while embracing the vast diversity of case studies available, this book is divided into three thematic sections: Reinterpretation, Appropriation, and Artistic Transfers. This book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, visual culture, and medieval studies.
The Medieval Way of War
Few historians have argued so forcefully or persuasively as Bernard S. Bachrach for the study of warfare as not only worthy of scholarly attention, but demanding of it. In his many publications Bachrach has established unequivocally the relevance of military institutions and activity for an understanding of medieval European societies, polities, and mentalities. In so doing, as much as any scholar of his generation, he has helped to define the status quaestionis for the field of medieval military history. The Medieval Way of War: Studies in Medieval Military History in Honor of Bernard S. Bachrach pays tribute to its honoree by gathering in a single volume seventeen original studies from an ...
Women and Gender in Medieval Europe
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Exiles in a Global City
In Exiles in a Global City, Clare Carroll explores Irish migrants’ experiences in early modern Rome (1609-1783) and interprets representations of their cultural identities in relation to their interaction with world-wide Spanish and Roman institutions. This study focuses on some sources in Roman archives not previously considered by Irish historians. The book examines a wide array of cultural productions—Ó Cianáin’s account of O’Neill’s progress from Ireland to Rome, Luke Wadding’s history of the Franciscan order, the portraits at S. Isidoro, the first printed Irish grammar, the letters of Oliver Plunkett, the records of a hospice for converts, Charles Wogan’s memoir, and reports on the national college—for how they transformed emerging senses of an Irish nation.
Iconografía marginal en Castilla, 1454-1492
Dentro de la miniatura uno de los aspectos más destacables, desde mediados del siglo XIII hasta finales del siglo XV, es lo que se conoce como marginalia; término empleado por los historiadores del arte especializados en el estudio de ornamentación de manuscritos para designar la ilustración realizada en el margen o espacio ocupado entre la columna o columnas del texto y el límite del soporte empleado. La presente obra pretende sistematizar un repertorio de motivos marginalis empleados por los iluminadores que trabajaron en el ámbito geográfico de la Corona de castilla dese ca. 1454 hasta ca. 1492, años correspondientes al reinado de Enrique IV (1454-14749) y la primera parte del de su hermana Isabel (1474 1504) periodo especialmente floreciente en este arte.
Beatriz de Portugal
A través de la trama biográfica de la reina Beatriz de Portugal se estudian en este libro, junto al tema nuclear de la legitimidad dinástica, otros aspectos como el impacto del Cisma de Occidente en la pugna sucesoria, la puesta en marcha de una Iglesia nacional hispana bajo la iniciativa de Benedicto XIII, o la situación de los exiliados portugueses en la corte de los Trastámara, agrupados bajo el amparo de la reina o de los hijos de doña Inés de Castro. Se tratan también las repercusiones literarias de la pugna dinástica, su influencia en el mundo universitario, y sus implicaciones en el terreno del pensamiento. Completa el estudio una colección diplomática concebida a modo de reconstrucción de lo que pudo ser en su tiempo la cancillería de la reina doña Beatriz.
