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Daily Life Depicted in the Cantigas de Santa Maria /

The hundreds of illuminated miniatures found in the Cantigas de Santa Maria, sponsored by King Alfonso X (1252--84), reveal many vistas of daily life in thirteenth century Spain. No other source provides such an encyclopedic view of all classes of medieval European society, from kings and popes to t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Keller, John Esten
Otros Autores: Cash, Annette Grant, 1943-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, [1998]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Methodology; 1. Classes and Masses; Royalty and Nobility; Church Hierarchy; Commoners and Occupations; Minorities: Jews, Muslims, and Heretics; 2. Clothing: Civil, Ecclesiastical, Military, Naval, and Constabulary; 3. Death; 4. Disasters and Accidents; Disasters; Acccidents; 5. Education; 6. Fauna and Flora; Domestic Animals; Pets; Wild Animals; Trees and Plants; 7. Food and Drink; 8. Furniture and Furnishings; 9. Geographic Place Names; 10. Health and Cures and the Human Body; 11. Legal Matters.
  • 12. Love, Lust, and Marriage13. Personages; 14. Pilgrimage; 15. Places, Sites, and Locales; 16. Punishments; 17. Recreation and Entertainment; 18. Religion; 19. Sins and Crimes; 20. Structures; 21. The Supernatural: Angels, Devils, Spirits, and Souls; 22. Thieves, Gamblers, Highwaymen, Counterfeiters, and Other Criminals; 23. Tools, Implements, and Weapons; 24. Travel; 25. Violent Acts; 26. War; 27. Women and Children; Concluding Remarks; Appendix: Index of Categories; List of Plates; Selected Bibliography; Index of Front Matter.