Land: Spanje
Spain in the Middle Ages
Dr MacKay brings clarity to the medieval history of Spain by concentrating on two themes which provide the key to much of Spanish historical devlopment:”the frontier” from the eleventh to the thirteenth centuries; and “the preparation for Empire”during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
Songs of Holy Mary of Alfonso X, The Wise
Few truly masterly works in literature, music, and graphic arts have been as sadly neglectes as the thirteenth-century “Cantigas de Santa Maria”of king Alfonso X “El Sabio” (1221-1284). This collection of 420 poems and songs recounting miracles performed by the Virgin Mary was written not in Castillian but in Galician-Portuguese, an important spoken and literary […]
Frontiers of Heresy
Santo Domingo de la Calzada
Reconquest of Spain, The
Early Medieval Spain
The history of the Iberian peninsula, from at least Roman times to the present, has been characterised by a tension between the radical and cultural diversity of its different regions and the attempts of successive rulers to impose a political and natinal unity upon it. From this conflict a distinctive Hispanic identity has emerged. In […]
Contest of Christian and Muslim Spain 1031 – 1157
This book draws upon the latest research findings to chart 130 years of Spanish history, from the fall of the caliphate to the rise and decline of the Hispanic Empire. It is the first account of the period to integrate Christian and Muslim Spain. The autor depicts and analyses the variour societies, cultures and governments […]
St. James
S. James is the reference exhibition of the series of initiatives promotes by the Xacobeo 99 Paln. It is, at the same time, the greatest exhibition ever held analyzing the Galician and international scope of Jacobean worship
Santiago, saint of two worlds
This lovely exhibition catalogue is devoted to the history and contemporary presence of St. James, or Santiago as he is called in Spanish, whose exploits continue to be celebrated in Spain and the United States. The transcultural significance of this figure makes the book an appropriate addition to the Columbus Quincentenary celebration. This book presents […]