William and Mary professor chronicles history of 700-year-old missing Spanish document
It’s been a decade and a half since manuscript hunter George Greenia discovered a missing medieval Spanish document in the archives at the…
Sunset in the Gardens of al-Andalus
Sunset in the Gardens of al-Andalus Abdu-Noor, M. Ikraam Nebula, 2.1, March (2005) Abstract The era of Muslim rule in Spain (early 8th century…
Capitols singulars deles llauors que deuras sembrar: A late medieval planting guide for the Spanish Levant
Capitols singulars deles llauors que deuras sembrar: A late medieval planting guide for the Spanish Levant By Thomas M. Capuano Catalan Review, Vol.12:1…
The Spanish Touch – Barcelona and Catalonia’s Medieval Treasures
Barcelona’s medieval district is rightly considered one of the best preserved in Europe. There is literally a story on every street, and around every corner a legend.
New Relationships in Old Music: Is there a Connection Between the Music of Medieval Spain and the Music of the French Troubadours?
New Relationships in Old Music: Is there a Connection Between the Music of Medieval Spain and the Music of the French Troubadours? Dirks, Christine…
The Bad Behaviour of Friars and Women in Medieval Catalan fabliaux and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
They perpetrate many deceptions in order to gain a sexual or monetary advantage over their victims and are portrayed as malicious mischief-makers and the protagonists of humorous and smutty stories. Women also feature in these either as deceived victims or as the perpetrators of deception, as they outwit their husbands in order to enjoy their own adulterous affairs.
The Art of Medieval Sustainable Urban Design: The case of Toledo
The Art of Medieval Sustainable Urban Design: The case of Toledo By Serge Salat Paper given at the Sustainable Building Conference (SB10mad), Madrid,…
Image of the other as a tool of political legitimation: image of Venice in Renaissance Ragusa
Image of the other as a tool of political legitimation: image of Venice in Renaissance Ragusa Kuncevic, Lovro (Central European University; Institute for Historical…
Estimation of extreme flash flood evolution in Barcelona County from 1351 to 2005
Estimation of extreme flash flood evolution in Barcelona County from 1351 to 2005 By A. Barrera, M. C. Llasat, and M. Barriendos Natural…
When pregnancy gets you out of a bad relationship – female slaves in medieval Spain
Debra Blumenthal examines 33 cases found in the archives of the Spanish city between 1425 and 1520 where female slaves sued to get their freedom on the basis that they bore the children of their male masters.
From a Master to a Laywoman: A Feminine Manual of Self-Help
From a Master to a Laywoman: A Feminine Manual of Self-Help By Montserrat Cabre Dynamis : Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque. Historiam Illustrandam,…
The Alphabetum catholicorum of Arnaldus of Villanova, an edition and study
The Alphabetum catholicorum of Arnaldus of Villanova, an edition and study Burnam, Hope Lampert (university of Toronto) PhD Thesis, University of Toronto (1996)…
A Gregorian manuscript in the Ian Potter Museum of Art
A Gregorian manuscript in the Ian Potter Museum of Art Martyn, John R.C. University of Melbourne Collections, Issue 6, June (2010) Abstract In about…
The Treaty of Windsor (1386) in a European context
In the early evening of Monday 14 August 1385, between 6 and 7 p.m., a crushing defeat was inflicted by a Portuguese army on a numerically far superior and better-equipped Castilian force.
Reinventing the Sword: A Cultural Comparison of the Development of the Sword in Response to the Advent of Firearms in Spain and Japan
Reinventing the Sword: A Cultural Comparison of the Development of the Sword in Response to the Advent of Firearms in Spain and Japan…
Cum consilio et deliberatione episcoporum, comitum, et baronum nostrorum’: institutional consultation and cooperative governance in the Spanish kingdoms and England (1100-1188)
Cum consilio et deliberatione episcoporum, comitum, et baronum nostrorum’: institutional consultation and cooperative governance in the Spanish kingdoms and England (1100-1188) Cerda, José Manuel (University of…
Jewish History and Gentile Memory: The Expulsion of 1492
Jewish History and Gentile Memory: The Expulsion of 1492 By Edward Peters Jewish History, Vol. 9 No. 1 (1995) Introduction: During the eleventh,…
War financing in the late-Medieval Crown of Aragon
War financing in the late-Medieval Crown of Aragon Kagay, Donald J. (Albany State University) The Journal of Medieval Military History, Volume 6 (2008)…
Faction and civil strife in late Medieval Castillian towns
Faction and civil strife in late Medieval Castillian towns By Angus Mackay Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, Vol.72:3 (1990) Introduction: The social…
Disposable alliances: Aragon and Castile during the War of the Two Pedros and beyond
By tracing the diplomatic developments between Aragon and Castile during this time frame, one is struck not only by the Pere III’s attainments in double-dealing, but also by how deeply the major contenders in the Hundred Years War, France and England, were effected by the political and martial affairs of the “minor” states of Spain.
A clash of cultures: the legal difficulties of Bernat Metge (1396-1398) in a wider social context
A clash of cultures: the legal difficulties of Bernat Metge (1396-1398) in a wider social context Kagay, Donald J. (Albany State University) Paper…