Historia de la Edad Media: Occidente
Historia de la Edad Media: Occidente

Author: Emilio Mitre Fernández

Publisher:

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13:

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Generalmente se ha presentado la Edad Media como la época de la fe... trufada, habría que añadir, de múltiples supercherías. Pero, como sustentó Alexander Murray, fue también la edad de la razón, aunque no del racionalismo. Bastaría para ello con remitirnos a las múltiples disputas entre fe y razón y a la búsqueda de posibles acuerdos entre ambas; algo que constituyó un ejercicio familiar en los medios académicos de Occidente. La Edad Media fue la época de las enciclopedias, sumas y espejos. Un género que trataba de dar una explicación del mundo, tomado como «libro escrito por la mano de Dios en el que todo ser estaba representado por una palabra llena de sentido» (A. Gurievitch). Más allá de la construcción de nuevas teorías sobre el Medievo —siempre ficticias—, este periodo exige del historiador —como ha sugerido Jacques Heers— que se haga primar lo concreto por encima de las abstracciones forjadas a través de los textos literarios o normativos. Así, esta obra ofrece una completa visión del pasado de nuestra civilización desde el momento de la crisis irreversible del Imperio Romano en Occidente hasta la expansión ultramarina europea. En ella se interrelacionan los sucesos históricos, los procesos económicos y los hechos culturales y sociales de esta época.

Mozarabs in Medieval and Early Modern Spain
Mozarabs in Medieval and Early Modern Spain

Author: Richard Hitchcock

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-22

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 1317093720

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The setting of this volume is the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages, where Christianity and Islam co-existed side by side as the official religions of Muslim al-Andalus on the one hand, and the Christian kingdoms in the north of the peninsula on the other. Its purpose is to examine the meaning of the word 'Mozarab' and the history and nature of the people called by that name; it represents a synthesis of the author's many years of research and publication in this field. Richard Hitchcock first sets out to explain what being a non-Muslim meant in al-Andalus, both in the higher echelons of society and at a humbler level. The terms used by Arab chroniclers, when examined carefully, suggest a lesser preoccupation with purely religious values than hitherto appreciated. Mozarabism in León and Toledo, two notably distinct phenomena, are then considered at length, and there are two chapters exploring the issues that arose, firstly when Mozarabs were relocated in twelfth-century Aragón, and secondly, in sixteenth-century Toledo, when they were striving to retain their identity.

From Heaven to Earth
From Heaven to Earth

Author: Teofilo F. Ruiz

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2016-07-26

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1400880122

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Between the late twelfth century and the mid fourteenth, Castile saw a reordering of mental, spiritual, and physical space. Fresh ideas about sin and intercession coincided with new ways of representing the self and emerging perceptions of property as tangible. This radical shift in values or mentalités was most evident among certain social groups, including mercantile elites, affluent farmers, lower nobility, clerics, and literary figures--"middling sorts" whose outlooks and values were fast becoming normative. Drawing on such primary documents as wills, legal codes, land transactions, litigation records, chronicles, and literary works, Teofilo Ruiz documents the transformation in how medieval Castilians thought about property and family at a time when economic innovations and an emerging mercantile sensibility were eroding the traditional relation between the two. He also identifies changes in how Castilians conceived of and acted on salvation and in the ways they related to their local communities and an emerging nation-state. Ruiz interprets this reordering of mental and physical landscapes as part of what Le Goff has described as a transition "from heaven to earth," from spiritual and religious beliefs to the quasi-secular pursuits of merchants and scholars. Examining how specific groups of Castilians began to itemize the physical world, Ruiz sketches their new ideas about salvation, property, and themselves--and places this transformation within the broader history of cultural and social change in the West.

Strategies of Distinction
Strategies of Distinction

Author: Walter Pohl

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2023-08-14

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 9004609512

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Between the fourth and the eight century, a number of 'experimental' polities had to create new forms of legitimacy and organisation to overcome a Roman world based on Empire, city and tribe. In the course of time, a new world developed that relied on Christendom, kingdom and people to pull an increased variety of local communities together. Of these three factors, the ethnic one certainly is the most elusive. This volume discusses the process of construction of ethnic identities. What did names, law, language, costume, burial rites, rhetoric, culture, royal representation or ideology mean, and to whom? This is the question that is common to the papers assembled here. Even though they span several centuries, and a geographic area from the Iberian peninsula to the Black Sea steppes, they all deal with the ways how ethnic distinction became a political factor in the post-Roman world.

Juan Rena and the Frontiers of Spanish Empire, 1500–1540
Juan Rena and the Frontiers of Spanish Empire, 1500–1540

Author: Jose M. Escribano-Páez

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-05-05

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 1000073696

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This book explores the political construction of imperial frontiers during the reigns of Ferdinand the Catholic and Charles V in the Iberian Peninsula and the Mediterranean. Contrary to many studies on this topic, this book neither focuses on a specific frontier nor attempts to provide an overview of all the imperial frontiers. Instead, it focuses on a specific individual: Juan Rena (1480–1539). This Venetian clergyman spent 40 years serving the king in several capacities while travelling from the Maghreb to northern Spain, from the Pyrenees to the western fringes of the Ottoman Empire. By focusing on his activities, the book offers an account of the Spanish Empire’s frontiers as a vibrant political space where a multiplicity of figures interacted to shape power relations from below. Furthermore, it describes how merchants, military officers, nobles, local elites and royal agents forged a specific political culture in the empire’s liminal spaces. Through their negotiations and cooperation, but also through their competition and clashes, they created practices and norms in areas like cross-cultural diplomacy, the making of the social fabric, the definition of new jurisdictions, and the mobilization of resources for war.

A History of Western Public Law
A History of Western Public Law

Author: Bruno Aguilera-Barchet

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-12-31

Total Pages: 788

ISBN-13: 331911803X

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The book outlines the historical development of Public Law and the state from ancient times to the modern day, offering an account of relevant events in parallel with a general historical background, establishing and explaining the relationships between political, religious, and economic events.

Routledge Revivals: Medieval Iberia (2003)
Routledge Revivals: Medieval Iberia (2003)

Author: E Michael Gerli

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 952

ISBN-13: 1351665782

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First published in 2003, Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia, is the first comprehensive reference to the vital world of medieval Spain. This unique volume focuses on the Iberian kingdoms from the fall of the Roman Empire to the aftermath of the Reconquista and encompass topics of key relevance to medieval Iberia, including people, events, works, and institutions, as well as interdisciplinary coverage of literature, language, history, arts, folklore, religion, and science. It also provides in-depth discussions of the rich contributions of Muslim and Jewish cultures, and offers useful insights into their interactions with Catholic Spain. With nearly 1,000 signed A-Z entries and written by renowned specialists in the field, this comprehensive work is an invaluable tool for students, scholars, and general readers alike.

A HISTORY OF SPANISH INSTITUTIONS
A HISTORY OF SPANISH INSTITUTIONS

Author: Thomas Baumert

Publisher: ESIC Editorial

Published: 2024-09-10

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 8411920763

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In A History of Spanish Institutions the evolution of Spanish institutions from the first human settlements on the Peninsula to the present day is offered in a succinct and appropriately contextualised manner. To this end, each chapter combines a description of the historical context of a period with the description of its most characteristic institutions. These are complemented by an explanation of the main “symbols” of Spain and their history. The importance of institutions and their historical evolution as a determining factor in economic and socio-political development has been proved by numerous studies. Hence, the knowledge of the main national institutions from a historical, legal and economic perspective is essential for those who wish to operate in the Spanish market. The modular structure of the handbook, together with the differentiated presentation of the content according to its level of relevance,will allow the readers to adapt and combine the texts that make up this book according to their specific needs and interests, thus optimising the outcome of their study. This revised and expanded second edition has added a selection of empirical works to the introductory chapter, reflects the latest historiographical developments, updates the bibliography, includes new examples of symbols, and expands on the main historical milestones and their institutional impact up to the time of going to press. Table of Contents Foreword to the second edition.- Foreword to the first edition.- Preliminary note: On the structure and use of this handbook.- Introduction: Why institutions (and their history) matter.- Institutions of the origins of the historic age in Iberia (from the first human settlements on the Peninsula to the Celtiberian culture.- Phoenician, Greek and Roman institutions in Spain.- Institutions of Visigothic Spain.- Interlude: Muslim Spain and its institutions.- Institutions of Christian Medieval Spain.- Institutions of the Spanish Empire I: The major Habsburgs.- Institutions of the Spanish Empire II: The minor Habsburgs and the early Bourbons.- The long road to the Constitution I: Institutions and their development from 1808 to 1869.- The long road to the Constitution II: Institutions and their development from 1876 to 1936.- Institutions of Francoist Spain.- The Constitutional System of 1978.- Anex. The long road of Spanish Constitutionalism.- General references.

Alfonso X, the Justinian of His Age
Alfonso X, the Justinian of His Age

Author: Joseph F. O'Callaghan

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2019-05-15

Total Pages: 391

ISBN-13: 150173590X

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In this magisterial work, Joseph O'Callaghan offers a detailed account of the establishment of Alfonso X's legal code, the Libro de las leyes or Siete Partidas, and its applications in the daily life of thirteenth-century Iberia, both within and far beyond the royal courts. O'Callaghan argues that Alfonso X, el Sabio (the Wise), was the Justinian of his age, one of the truly great legal minds of human history. Alfonso X, the Justinian of His Age highlights the struggles the king faced in creating a new, coherent, inclusive, and all-embracing body of law during his reign, O'Callaghan also considers Alfonso X's own understanding of his role as king, lawgiver, and defender of the faith in order to evaluate the impact of his achievement on the administration of justice. Indeed, such was the power and authority of the Alfonsine code that it proved the king's downfall when his son invoked it to challenge his rule. Throughout this soaring legal and historical biography, O'Callaghan reminds us of the long-term impacts of Alfonso X's legal works, not just on Castilian (and later, Iberian) life, but on the administration of justice across the world.