Medievalists.net » Reconquista http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Medieval Lisbon: A Visit to Lisbon Cathedral http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/17/medieval-lisbon-a-visit-to-lisbon-cathedral/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/17/medieval-lisbon-a-visit-to-lisbon-cathedral/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2015 19:32:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61825 In Part 2 of my 4 part look at Medieval Lisbon, I explore the city’s oldest building: Sé de Lisbon, Lisbon Cathedral

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/10/medieval-lisbon-castelo-de-sao-jorge/feed/ 0 Christian Iberia: A Society Religiously Organized for War http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/15/christian-iberia-society-religiously-organized-war/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/15/christian-iberia-society-religiously-organized-war/#comments Sat, 15 Feb 2014 13:32:57 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47595 Reconquista society in medieval Christian Spain is all too often considered through only economic and martial eyes. In this study of the prevelant cult of Santiago de Compostela (or St. James the Greater) I will demonstrate how medieval society meshed both war and religion.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/15/christian-iberia-society-religiously-organized-war/feed/ 0 El Cid, Cluny and the Medieval Spanish Reconquista http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/14/el-cid-cluny-and-the-medieval-spanish-reconquista/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/14/el-cid-cluny-and-the-medieval-spanish-reconquista/#comments Tue, 14 Jan 2014 22:46:34 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46667 Rodrigo Díaz, better known by his title El Cid, has traditionally been portrayed as one of the great heroes of Spanish history, perhaps the perhaps the Spanish national hero par excellence.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/14/el-cid-cluny-and-the-medieval-spanish-reconquista/feed/ 0 Thieves of Pleasure: A vicious fraternal war rewards Alfonso VI with the artistic and poetic treasures of al-Andalus http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/19/thieves-of-pleasure-a-vicious-fraternal-war-rewards-alfonso-vi-with-the-artistic-and-poetic-treasures-of-al-andalus/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/19/thieves-of-pleasure-a-vicious-fraternal-war-rewards-alfonso-vi-with-the-artistic-and-poetic-treasures-of-al-andalus/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 03:45:23 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39346 As the balance of power began to shift from Muslim to Christian, a power struggle erupted among Christian rulers that would continue for generations, even as the light of Arabic poetry burned bright enough to influences centuries of Western verse.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/19/thieves-of-pleasure-a-vicious-fraternal-war-rewards-alfonso-vi-with-the-artistic-and-poetic-treasures-of-al-andalus/feed/ 0 Daily Life in the Spanish Reconquest: Scenes from Tenth-Century León http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/26/daily-life-in-the-spanish-reconquest-scenes-from-tenth-century-leon/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/26/daily-life-in-the-spanish-reconquest-scenes-from-tenth-century-leon/#comments Sat, 27 Oct 2012 03:32:49 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36730 Built by the Romans to garrison to Seventh Legion, León may also have been the base of the legion's military commander, who was sometimes fully empowered by the emperor to govern Asturias and Galicia.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/26/daily-life-in-the-spanish-reconquest-scenes-from-tenth-century-leon/feed/ 0 The Difference A King Makes: Religion And National Unity In Spain http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/03/the-difference-a-king-makes-religion-and-national-unity-in-spain/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/03/the-difference-a-king-makes-religion-and-national-unity-in-spain/#comments Sun, 03 Jun 2012 23:02:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=32383 It is the end of the Roman period, however, that interests us most. What happened then is a model for the relationship between Church and state that has had an enduring and powerful influence.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/03/the-difference-a-king-makes-religion-and-national-unity-in-spain/feed/ 0 “Mediterranean Falconry as a Cross-Cultural Bridge: Christian – Muslim Hunting Encounters” http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/08/mediterranean-falconry-as-a-cross-cultural-bridge-christian-muslim-hunting-encounters/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/08/mediterranean-falconry-as-a-cross-cultural-bridge-christian-muslim-hunting-encounters/#comments Sun, 08 Apr 2012 15:33:36 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=30863 Among the spectacular Eastern hunting techniques which could become the object of interest and envy of the Europeans, one easily adapted to the natural conditions of Europe was undoubtedly the falconry. In fact, it became not only a great fancy of medieval and renaissance Europe, but also a kind of cross-cultural bridge across ideological gaps.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/08/mediterranean-falconry-as-a-cross-cultural-bridge-christian-muslim-hunting-encounters/feed/ 0 Reconquista and convivencia: Post-conquest Valencia during the Reign of Jaime I, el Conquistador: Interaction between Christians and Muslims (1238-1276) http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/05/reconquista-and-convivencia-post-conquest-valencia-during-the-reign-of-jaime-i-el-conquistador-interaction-between-christians-and-muslims-1238-1276/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/05/reconquista-and-convivencia-post-conquest-valencia-during-the-reign-of-jaime-i-el-conquistador-interaction-between-christians-and-muslims-1238-1276/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:21:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29025 This study will focus on just one aspect of the transition from Muslim kingdom to medieval Christian state. In 1238, Ciudad de Valencia, the most important urban center in the Muslim kingdom of Valencia would fall to Jaime I, el conquistador, king of Christian Aragon and Catalonia, opening up a vast region to Christian influence.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/05/reconquista-and-convivencia-post-conquest-valencia-during-the-reign-of-jaime-i-el-conquistador-interaction-between-christians-and-muslims-1238-1276/feed/ 0 The foundational rape tale in Medieval Iberia http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/28/the-foundational-rape-tale-in-medieval-iberia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/28/the-foundational-rape-tale-in-medieval-iberia/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:28:41 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=28230 When one reads Medieval historiographic texts—whether written in Latin, Arabic or Romance—it appears that both the Moorish invasion and the Christian Reconquest of Spain are linked to a rape episode.

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