Hybridity and collage : the Christianization of the Great Mosque of Cordoba

Hybridity and collage : the Christianization of the Great Mosque of Cordoba

By Pablita Santos

BA Thesis, Williams College, 2007

Contents

Introduction

Chapter One: The Church of St. Vincent and the Transition into Muslim Rule

• The Early Site
• The Cordoban Emirate
• The Second Umayyad Caliphate

Chapter Two: The Flourishing of the Great Mosque of Cordoba

• Mosque  Architecture – the Hypostyle Mosque
• The Great Mosque of Cordoba – and Umayyad Mosque
• Conquest of 1146
• Consequences of 1146 Conquest

Chapter Three: The Reeonquista and the Cathedral of Cordoba

• Reconquista of 1236
• Consecration of the Great Mosque of Cordoba
• Our Lady of Villaviciosa Chapel
• A New Cathedral: 1521-1607
• The Cathedral of Cordoba
• Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Restorations

Chapter Fonr: The Hybrid Mosque/Cathedral Space

• Two Umayyad Mosques
• The Byzantine Connection
• Relics and ‘Consecration’
• Conversion of the Mosque to a Cathedral
• Mudejar Craftsmen after the reconquista
• Christian Rituals within the Mosque
• Shifting Interest – the Sixteenth Century Cathedral
• Significance of Restoration Efforts

Conclusion: The Great Mosque of Cordoba Today

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