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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Medieval Spain"”.
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Exploring Diet and Society in Medieval Spain: New Approaches Using Stable Isotope Analysis
The multi-faith society of medieval Iberia, where Muslims, Christians and Jews co-existed under changing religious political rule, provides a novel setting for the study of diet. This thesis employs carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotope analysis to explore variability in diet and resource …
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The boundaries of religion: strategies for Christian identity in light of Islam in medieval Spain
… Using this interpretive tool, two sets of medieval anti-Muslim polemic from Spain – four treatises from the third/ninth century and four from the fifth/eleventh-sixth/twelfth centuries – are analysed in order to discern how their authors defined themselves in light of Islam, and in turn, …
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Consulting the past: a comparison of relations between Abrahamic religions in medieval Spain and its reflection in today’s Israel-Palestine relations
<p>It has been said that the study of medieval Al-Andalus with the purpose to shed light on Middle Eastern relationships in today's world would be a fruitless endeavor. The two worlds are not synonymous, even though Muslims, Jews and Christians continue to live together at present time in a small …
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The Book of the Judgements of Calatarama: A Case Study of a Medieval Spanish Geomancy
… Colombina at the Cathedral of Seville, Spain, contains a single text, the Libro de los juysios de calatarama, the “Book of the judgements of calatarama.” Identified as a translation of a Hebrew translation of an Arabic original, the Libro de los juysios de calatarama is an instructional …
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CONTRACONDUCTA EN VERSO: AMOR Y SEXUALIDAD INTERCONFESIONAL COMO HERRAMIENTA DE PODER EN AL-ÁNDALUS
… Christian, Muslim, and Sephardic songbooks from Medieval Spain in connection with Foucault’s concepts of power and counter-conduct. These interreligious sexual and romantic interactions are addressed in various songs, although at a significantly lower rate in comparison to those which lack …
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Religious Culture or Cult?: Literary and Visual Perceptions and Experiences of the Virgin Mary in Spain and the New World (13th-16th c.)
… What place does the Virgin Mary occupy in medieval Spain and its colonial territories’ religious cultures? Is it a physical or symbolic place? What were the characteristics of these varied spaces she inhabits? How do these places and spaces change over time based on historical evidence and …
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ENTRE EL DESEO Y EL PUDOR, EL AMOR HEREOS EN LA NOVELA SENTIMENTAL: GRISEL Y MIRABELLA DE JUAN DE FLORES
In the studies about Medieval Spain, only men were believed to be susceptible to amorous passion or lovesickness. I propose that a more nuanced and complete understanding of women’s roles and actual behavior can be reached by analyzing the same medical and philosophical treatises that deny them the …
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Citizenship and social status in the western Mediterranean from the later Roman Empire to the early Middle Ages : the case of Spain
… between citizenship and social status in early medieval society. Dealing with the latter point I concentrate on the legal distinction between upper and lower classes in early medieval Spain. I argue that, while in early medieval Iberian society the value of citizenship underwent deep …
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Material Culture in the Mediterranean: An Exploration and Examination of Anti-Judaic and Antisemitic Spanish Medieval Cultural History
… of these terms as it relates to Mediterranean (medieval) material culture using a cultural historical lens. By applying Gavin Langmuir's theoretical model of nonrational anti-Judaism and irrational antisemitism to material culture, I argue that visual nonrational anti-Judaism and visual …
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Marian Devotion Through Music, Lyric, and Miracle Narrative in the Cantigas de Santa Maria
The Cantigas de Santa Maria were compiled by King Alfonso X the Wise of Castile (r. 1252-1284), amidst an upsurge of Marian devotion and a simultaneous proliferation of vernacular poetry and monophonic music, all outgrowths of the twelfth century. This thesis shows not just that music, lyric, and …