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Author Pinet, Simone, author

Title The task of the cleric : cartography, translation, and economics in thirteenth-century Iberia / Simone Pinet
Published Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2016

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Contents Introduction -- The cleric's compass -- Bricks and mortar -- Coins on the desk -- Afterword
Summary "Composed in early thirteenth-century Iberia, the Libro de Alexandre was Spain's first vernacular version of the Romance of Alexander and the first poem in the corpus now known as the mester de clerecía. These learned works, written by clergy and connected with both school and court, were also tools for the articulation of sovereignty in an era of prolonged military and political expansion. In The Task of the Cleric, Simone Pinet considers the composition of the Libro de Alexandre in the context of cartography, political economy, and translation. Her discussion sheds light on how clerics perceived themselves and on the connections between literature and these other activities. Drawing on an extensive collection of early cartographic materials, much of it rarely considered in conjunction with the romance, Pinet offers an original and insightful view of the mester de clerecía and the changing role of knowledge and the clergy in thirteenth-century Iberia."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Romances -- History and criticism
SUBJECT Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. fast
Libro de Alixandre. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79077391
Libro de Alixandre fast
Subject Romances, Spanish -- History and criticism
Geography and literature -- Iberian Peninsula -- History -- 13th century
Cartography -- Iberian Peninsula -- History -- 13th century
Politics and literature -- Iberian Peninsula -- History -- 13th century
Economics and literature -- Iberian Peninsula -- History -- 13th century
Clergy -- Iberian Peninsula -- History -- 13th century
POETRY -- Continental European.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Hispanic American Studies.
Cartography
Clergy
Economics and literature
Geography and literature
Politics and literature
Romances
Romances, Spanish
SUBJECT Iberian Peninsula -- Literatures -- Translations -- History and criticism
Subject Europe -- Iberian Peninsula
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781442621817
1442621818