Description |
1 online resource (134 pages) |
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Studies in Romance languages ; 44 |
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Studies in Romance languages (Lexington, Ky.) ; 44.
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Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Methodology; 1. Classes and Masses; Royalty and Nobility; Church Hierarchy; Commoners and Occupations; Minorities: Jews, Muslims, and Heretics; 2. Clothing: Civil, Ecclesiastical, Military, Naval, and Constabulary; 3. Death; 4. Disasters and Accidents; Disasters; Acccidents; 5. Education; 6. Fauna and Flora; Domestic Animals; Pets; Wild Animals; Trees and Plants; 7. Food and Drink; 8. Furniture and Furnishings; 9. Geographic Place Names; 10. Health and Cures and the Human Body; 11. Legal Matters |
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12. Love, Lust, and Marriage13. Personages; 14. Pilgrimage; 15. Places, Sites, and Locales; 16. Punishments; 17. Recreation and Entertainment; 18. Religion; 19. Sins and Crimes; 20. Structures; 21. The Supernatural: Angels, Devils, Spirits, and Souls; 22. Thieves, Gamblers, Highwaymen, Counterfeiters, and Other Criminals; 23. Tools, Implements, and Weapons; 24. Travel; 25. Violent Acts; 26. War; 27. Women and Children; Concluding Remarks; Appendix: Index of Categories; List of Plates; Selected Bibliography; Index of Front Matter |
Summary |
The hundreds of illuminated miniatures found in the Cantigas de Santa Maria, sponsored by King Alfonso X (1252--84), reveal many vistas of daily life in thirteenth century Spain. No other source provides such an encyclopedic view of all classes of medieval European society, from kings and popes to the lowest peasants. Men and women are seen farming, hunting, on pilgrimage, watching bullfights, in gambling dens, making love, tending silkworms, eating, cooking, and writing poetry, to name only a few of the human activities represented here.Combining keen observation of detail with years of exper |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
Notes |
Print version record |
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Alfonso X, King of Castile and Leon, 1221-1284. Cantigas de Santa María.
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Alfonso X, King of Castile and Leon, 1221-1284. Cantigas de Santa María -- Illustrations
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SUBJECT |
Códice de Florencia. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95087840
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Cantigas de Santa María (Alfonso X, King of Castile and Leon) fast |
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Códice de Florencia fast |
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Manners and customs in literature.
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Manners and customs in art.
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Middle Ages in literature.
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Middle Ages in art.
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval -- Spain
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Spanish.
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POETRY -- Continental European.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Medieval.
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Civilization
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Spanish
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Manners and customs
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Manners and customs in art
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Manners and customs in literature
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Middle Ages in art
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Middle Ages in literature
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SUBJECT |
Spain -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85126186
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Spain -- Civilization -- 711-1516.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85126039
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Spain
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Genre/Form |
Illustrated works
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Cash, Annette Grant, 1943-
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ISBN |
9780813159096 |
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0813159091 |
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