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From Heaven to Earth : the reordering of Castilian society, 1150-1350 /

"Between the late twelfth century and the mid fourteenth, Castile saw a reordering of mental, spiritual, and physical space. Fresh ideas about sin and intercession coincided with new ways of representing the self and emerging perceptions of property as tangible. This radical shift in values or...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Ruiz, Teofilo F., 1943-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, ©2004.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface and Acknowledgments ; INTRODUCTION From Heaven to Earth ; CHAPTER ONE A Taste for the New: Commerce, Property, and Language ; CHAPTER TWO The Evidence of Wills ; CHAPTER THREE Property: Wills and the Law in Medieval Castile.
  • CHAPTER FOUR Itemizing the World: Boundaries, Consolidation of Property, and Rights of Way CHAPTER FIVE Family and Property: Lineages and Primogeniture ; CHAPTER SIX Heavenly Concerns: Charity and Salvation ; CHAPTER SEVEN Toward a New Concept of Power: Unsacred Monarchy ; Conclusion.
  • Appendix Notes ; Bibliography ; Index.