Medievalists.net » Santiago de Compostela http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 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 Master Mateo – Skilled Artist or Medieval Engineer? http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/08/master-mateo-skilled-artist-or-medieval-engineer/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/08/master-mateo-skilled-artist-or-medieval-engineer/#comments Sat, 08 Sep 2012 23:01:17 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35493 Master Mateo received his contract as superintendent of the works of Saint James in 1168. He undertook in the following decades several major changes in the cathedrals design, the most spectacular of which was the insertion of the famous Portíco de la Gloria.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/08/master-mateo-skilled-artist-or-medieval-engineer/feed/ 0 Polish Pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostella: Way of St. James in Poland http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/13/polish-pilgrimages-to-santiago-de-compostella-way-of-st-james-in-poland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/13/polish-pilgrimages-to-santiago-de-compostella-way-of-st-james-in-poland/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:12:06 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=27942 It is very difficult to estimate the exact scope of Polish pilgrimages to Santiago de
Compostela in the Middle Ages on the basis of preserved historical sources. The presence of pilgrims from Poland was mentioned in the Pilgrim Records of the Middle Ages found in the archive of the Kingdom of Aragon in Barcelona...

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/13/polish-pilgrimages-to-santiago-de-compostella-way-of-st-james-in-poland/feed/ 0 Silencing the Bells: A Statement of Power in Medieval Spain http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/13/silencing-the-bells-a-statement-of-power-in-medieval-spain/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/13/silencing-the-bells-a-statement-of-power-in-medieval-spain/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:51:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=27937 Much scholarship has been devoted to researching and documenting the significance and metaphysical qualities of the ringing of the bells within Christian culture. Specific efforts have been made to capture bells from defeated cathedrals as symbols of victory throughout history.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/13/silencing-the-bells-a-statement-of-power-in-medieval-spain/feed/ 0 Medieval Italian pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela: New literary evidence http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/23/medieval-italian-pilgrims-to-santiago-de-compostela-new-literary-evidence/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/23/medieval-italian-pilgrims-to-santiago-de-compostela-new-literary-evidence/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:33:01 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=26586 Medieval Italian pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela: New literary evidence By Gloria Allaire Journal of Medieval History, Volume 24, Issue 2 (1998) Abstract: This paper offers literary evidence of the interest in the cult of St James on the part of late medieval Italian pilgrims. While extant written itineraries are few, occasional literary references demonstrate […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/23/medieval-italian-pilgrims-to-santiago-de-compostela-new-literary-evidence/feed/ 0 El arzobispado de Don Gonzalo de Aguilar en Santiago de Compostela (1348-1351) http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/04/el-arzobispado-de-don-gonzalo-de-aguilar-en-santiago-de-compostela-1348-1351/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/04/el-arzobispado-de-don-gonzalo-de-aguilar-en-santiago-de-compostela-1348-1351/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:15:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=23839 El arzobispado de Don Gonzalo de Aguilar en Santiago de Compostela (1348-1351) SÁNCHEZ, XOSÉ M. SÁNCHEZ Archivo-Biblioteca de la Catedral de Santiago ANUARIO DE ESTUDIOS MEDIEVALES (AEM) 40/1, enero-junio de (2010)   Abstract In the middle of the 14th century the prelature of Santiago de Compostela is occupied by Don Gonzalo de Aguilar, archbishop transferred from […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/04/el-arzobispado-de-don-gonzalo-de-aguilar-en-santiago-de-compostela-1348-1351/feed/ 0 Music Associated with Santiago and the Pilgrimage http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/02/music-associated-with-santiago-and-the-pilgrimage/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/02/music-associated-with-santiago-and-the-pilgrimage/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:40:15 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=23715 Music Associated with Santiago and the Pilgrimage Pederson,E.O. Perspectives on the Camino: A collection of essays on the Camino (2007) Abstract The Medieval Period The tradition of pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela is more than 1,000 years old, and over that time musical styles and tastes, indeed the very language of music itself and the […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/02/music-associated-with-santiago-and-the-pilgrimage/feed/ 0 Art and Architecture Along the Pilgrimage Routes to Santiago de Compostela http://www.medievalists.net/2008/10/16/art-and-architecture-along-the-pilgrimage-routes-to-santiago-de-compostela/ http://www.medievalists.net/2008/10/16/art-and-architecture-along-the-pilgrimage-routes-to-santiago-de-compostela/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:20:17 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=397 Focuses on the teaching of art history using examples from churches on the pilgrimage route to the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela.

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