Culture and society in medieval Galicia : : a cultural crossroads at the edge of Europe / / edited and translated by James D'Emilio.

In Culture and Society in Medieval Galicia , twenty-three international authors examine Galicia’s changing place in Iberia, Europe, and the Mediterranean and Atlantic worlds from late antiquity through the thirteenth century. With articles on art and architecture; religion and the church; law and so...

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Superior document:Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World, Volume 58
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, 2015.
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Medieval and early modern Iberian world ; Volume 58.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1121 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / James D’Emilio
  • 1 The Paradox of Galicia A Cultural Crossroads at the Edge of Europe / James D’Emilio
  • Introduction to Part 2 / James D’Emilio
  • 2 The Suevi in Gallaecia An Introduction / Michael Kulikowski
  • 3 Gallaecia in Late Antiquity The Suevic Kingdom and the Rise of Local Powers / P. C. Díaz and Luis R. Menéndez-Bueyes
  • 4 The Suevic Kingdom Why Gallaecia? / Fernando López Sánchez
  • 5 The Church in the Suevic Kingdom (411–585 AD) / Purificación Ubric
  • Introduction to Part 3 / James D’Emilio
  • 6 The Aristocracy and the Monarchy in Northwest Iberia between the Eighth and the Eleventh Century / Amancio Isla
  • 7 The Charter of Theodenandus Writing, Ecclesiastical Culture, and Monastic Reform in Tenth-Century Galicia / James D’Emilio
  • 8 From Galicia to the Rhône Legal Practice in Northern Spain around the Year 1000 / Jeffrey A. Bowman
  • Introduction to Part 4 / James D’Emilio
  • 9 The Making of Galicia in Feudal Spain (1065–1157) / Ermelindo Portela
  • 10 Galicia and the Galicians in the Latin Chronicles of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries / Emma Falque
  • 11 The Kingdom of Galicia and the Monarchy of Castile-León in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries / Francisco Javier Pérez Rodríguez
  • Introduction to Part 5 / James D’Emilio
  • 12 St. James in Galicia (c. 500–1300) Rivalries in Heaven and on Earth / Thomas Deswarte
  • 13 Compostela A Cultural Center from the Tenth to the Twelfth Century / Adeline Rucquoi
  • 14 The Tomb of St. James Coming to Terms with History and Tradition / John Williams
  • 15 The European Architecture of Church Reform in Galicia The Romanesque Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela / Henrik Karge
  • 16 The Topography of Images in Santiago Cathedral Monks, Pilgrims, Bishops, and the Road to Paradise / Manuel Castiñeiras
  • 17 Dreams of Kings and Buildings Visual and Literary Culture in Galicia (1157–1230) / Rocío Sánchez Ameijeiras
  • 18 Cistercian Scriptoria in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries A Starting Point / Ana Suárez González
  • 19 A Convent for La Sabia Violante of Aragón and the Clarisas of Allariz / Melissa R. Katz
  • Introduction to Part 6 / James D’Emilio
  • 20 Galician Before 1250 / Roger Wright
  • 21 On the Music of Galician-Portuguese Secular Lyric Sources, Genres, Performance / William D. Paden
  • 22 Making Poetry, Making Waves The Galician-Portuguese Sea Lyric / Amélia P. Hutchinson
  • Introduction to Part 7 / James D’Emilio
  • 23 Castles vs. Castros The Middle Ages in the Construction of Galician National Identity / Ramón Villares
  • Epilogue: Future Directions in the Study of Medieval Galicia / James D’Emilio
  • Index / James D’Emilio.