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This note describes a lipsanotheca (a small container of relics, placed within an altar) from the church of Santa Maria de Cap d’Aran. The container, now preserved in the Museu dera Val d’Aran, is of blown glass, and it has relief-cut... more
Intending the Early Middle Ages as one of the most astonishing political and social laboratories in Europe's history, the main goal of this session is the study of social complexity between the 9th and 10th centuries, comparing societies... more
Jews and Christians in Medieval Castile examines the changes in Jewish-Christian relations in the Iberian kingdom of Castile during the pivotal period of the reconquest and the hundred years that followed the end of its most active phase... more
Reseña de los libros publicados por Diego Melo Carrasco: Las alianzas y negociaciones del sultán: Un recorrido por la historia de las "relaciones internacionales" del sultanato nazarí de Granada (siglos XIII-XV), Murcia, Editum, 2015;... more
The virtual exhibition, elaborated within the SNSF-project "Mudejarismo and Moorish Revival in Europe", aims to demonstrate the importance of al-Andalus for 19th-century art and architecture by presenting the architectural sketches of the... more
Una de las líneas de investigación en historia económica que está cobrando mayor protagonismo en los últimos años es la dedicada al mercado de segunda mano, a la reventa y reciclaje de objetos utilizados anteriormente por otras per-sonas.... more
The genealogical connection of medieval kings of Spain to a specific people – the Visigoths – became among of the most important tools of legitimation used in the historiography written in the North-western Iberian Christian kingdoms.... more
Na Castela dos séculos XIV e XV, as vestimentas e os adornos das mulheres passaram a ser alvo de uma série de prescrições que visavam à sua moralização. Com o intuito de evitar as faltas no cuidado da aparência, foram estabelecidas,... more
Desde el campo de la cultura y la política hispana, El otoño de la Edad Media en Castilla y Aragón ofrece un recorrido por los últimos años medievales en el tránsito hacia la temprana Modernidad para explicar el complejo proceso de... more
The paper presents preliminary results of archaeobotanical studies carried out at the Madīnat Ilbīra site in Spain. The functioning of the town, which was the capital of one of the administrative districts (kūras) of alAndalus, falls in... more
This is a popular history article for Medieval Warfare Magazine's special issue about the World of Rodrigo Díaz "El Cid" de Bivar. It details the lead-up to and results of the annexation/conquest of the city of Toledo in 1085 by the... more
Until recently, studies in the architectural history of medieval and early modern Europe have assumed an all-male labor force on the construction site and in the related building trades. Historical chronicles and manuscript illuminations... more
This book aims to analyze the genesis and evolution of late Gothic painting in the Crown of Aragon and the rest of the Hispanic kingdoms, examining this phenomenon in relation to the whole context of Europe in the second half of the... more
This is a brief review of Spanish Society- 1400-1600 by Teofilo Ruiz.
Premio Manuel Corchado ex-aequo 2008. Concurso de investigación histórico-arqueológico organizado por la Asociación Española de Amigos de los Castillos.
Al igual que las grandes obras de arte, la moda personal es una manera de expresarse y exponerse ante la sociedad. Entre los estilos más “viajeros” y copiados en el siglo XV se encuentra la moda franco-borgoñona, la cual tuvo un enorme... more
Excerpt from the book, Kingdoms of Faith: A New History of Islamic Spain (New York: Basic Books, 2018), providing a review of key concepts for the study of al-Andalus and the Muslims of the Medieval Spains.
Luminous new photography showcases contemporary and historic homes in the beloved Spanish Style in Southern California, while offering, as well, a rare look at the original inspirations to the style, born in Andalusia, Spain. The great... more
The analysis of matrimonial conflicts using the concept of gender, which goes beyond the verification of whether judges applied or not canonical law, draws more on socio-anthropological trends in the history of the married couple in the... more
French Historians never studied Norsemen south of river Loire. The strange thing is that nobody ever noticed this "oblivion". If Historians had crossed river Loire, they would have discovered the "kingdom" of Bjorn Ragnarsson in Gascony... more
Suddenly Don Quijote doubts his squire’s embassy. It would be miraculous for Sancho to have returned in just over three days because El Toboso is more than thirty leagues away, seventy-five miles or one hundred and twenty-five kilometers... more
After serving during turbulent times at the court of Pedro’s predecessor, Alfonso XI (r. 1312–50), Sem Tob de Carrión (c. 1290-c. 1369) advocates in "Proverbios morales" for sensible policies and toleration toward Jewish subjects. As a... more
El Caminito del Rey (The King's Little Path) is a walkway, pinned along the steep walls of a narrow gorge in El Chorro, near Ardales in the province of Málaga, Spain. The name derives from the original name of Camino del Rey (King's... more
On 9 July 1391, a mob assaulted the Jewish quarter of Valencia, killing and forcibly converting its inhabitants. This attack, one of many across Spain that summer, is much debated as a turning point in medieval Jewish history, but little... more
This article investigates the manifestations of anti-Judaism that informed fifteenth-century debates over the religious and civic status of the conversos. Insurgents in Toledo supported the persecution of the conversos and their exclusion... more
The Influences of the Dominican Order in the Middle Ages Taylor Institute, Lincoln College, and Blackfriars Hall, Oxford University September 10-12, 2015 This interdisciplinary conference will explore the influences of the... more