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 society; politics and historiography; language and literature; and learning and textual culture, the authors introduce medieval Galicia and current research on the region to medievalists, Hispanists, and students of regional culture and society. The cult of St. James, Santiago Cathedral, and the pilgrimage to Compostela are highlighted and contextualized to show how Galicia’s remoteness became the basis for a paradoxical centrality in medieval art, culture, and religion.
Author(s): James D’Emilio (ed., transl.)
Series: The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World, 58
Publisher: Brill
Year: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 1122
City: Leiden
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xxiv
List of Figures, Maps, and Tables xxvi
Abbreviations xxxii
List of Contributors xxxviii
Part 1: The Paradox of Galicia. A Cultural Crossroads at the Edge of Europe
1. The Paradox of Galicia: A Cultural Crossroads at the Edge of Europe / James D’Emilio 3
Part 2: The Suevic Kingdom. Between Roman Gallaecia and Modern Myth
Introduction to Part 2 126
2. The Suevi in Gallaecia: An Introduction / Michael Kulikowski 131
3. Gallaecia in Late Antiquity: The Suevic Kingdom and the Rise of Local Powers / P. C. Díaz and Luis R. Menéndez-Bueyes 146
4. The Suevic Kingdom: Why Gallaecia? / Fernando López Sánchez 176
5. The Church in the Suevic Kingdom (411–585 AD) / Purificación Ubric 210
Part 3: Early Medieval Galicia. Tradition and Change
Introduction to Part 3 246
6. The Aristocracy and the Monarchy in Northwest Iberia between the Eighth and the Eleventh Century / Amancio Isla 251
7. The Charter of Theodenandus
Writing, Ecclesiastical Culture, and Monastic Reform in Tenth- Century Galicia / James D’ Emilio 281
8. From Galicia to the Rhône: Legal Practice in Northern Spain around the Year 1000 / Jeffrey A. Bowman 343
Part 4: Galicia in the Iberian Kingdoms. From Center to Periphery?
Introduction to Part 4 362
9. The Making of Galicia in Feudal Spain (1065–1157) / Ermelindo Portela 367
10. Galicia and the Galicians in the Latin Chronicles of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries / Emma Falque 400
11. The Kingdom of Galicia and the Monarchy of Castile-León in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries / Francisco Javier Pérez Rodríguez 429
Part 5: Compostela, Galicia, and Europe. Galician Culture in the Age of the Pilgrimage
Introduction to Part 5 464
12. St. James in Galicia (c. 500–1300): Rivalries in Heaven and on Earth / Thomas Deswarte 477
13. Compostela: A Cultural Center from the Tenth to the Twelfth Century / Adeline Rucquoi 512
14. The Tomb of St. James: Coming to Terms with History and Tradition / John Williams 543
15. The European Architecture of Church Reform in Galicia: The Romanesque Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela / Henrik Karge 573
16. The Topography of Images in Santiago Cathedral: Monks, Pilgrims, Bishops, and the Road to Paradise / Manuel Castiñeiras 631
17. Dreams of Kings and Buildings: Visual and Literary Culture in Galicia (1157–1230) / Rocío Sánchez Ameijeiras 695
18. Cistercian Scriptoria in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: A Starting Point / Ana Suárez González 765
19. A Convent for La Sabia: Violante of Aragón and the 'Clarisas' of Allariz / Melissa R. Katz 812
Part 6: Language and Literary Culture. From Latin to Galician-Portuguese
Introduction to Part 6 838
20. Galician Before 1250 / Roger Wright 843
21. On the Music of Galician-Portuguese Secular Lyric: Sources, Genres, Performance / William D. Paden 862
22. Making Poetry, Making Waves: The Galician-Portuguese Sea Lyric / Amélia P. Hutchinson 894
Part 7: Modern Galicia and the Middle Ages. Castros, Castles, and the Camino de Santiago
Introduction to Part 7 914
23. Castles vs. Castros
The Middle Ages in the Construction of Galician National Identity / Ramón Villares 917
Part 8: Epilogue. Future Directions
Epilogue: Future Directions in the Study of Medieval Galicia / James D’Emilio 949
Index 963
