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This article will analyze the miracle of St. Ildefonsus’ chasuble (606–667) from the point of view of miracles of punishment. In comparison to previous studies, on this occasion, the Toledan story will be reconsidered not only together with that of St ...
Abel Lorenzo-Rodríguez
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About Cathedrals, Schools and Children. The Example of Late Medieval Toledo
This paper focuses on the presence of children in medieval cathedrals, which was much more common than previously thought. It takes the late medieval Toledo as an example and it analyzes the five circumstances in which this presence became a reality ...
María José LOP OTÍN
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Holy Toledo: Muslim-Christian Relations and Catholic Nationalism in Vicente Blasco Ibánez's The Shadow of the Cathedral [PDF]
Although the eminent Spanish novelist and anticlericalist Vicente Blasco Ibánez (1867-1928) received little scholarly attention outside his homeland for several decades, he gained significantly greater international notice in the latter half of the ...
Frederick Hale
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‘Breaking the myth: Toledo Cathedral on the international stage’: Toledo Cathedral: Building Histories in Medieval Castile by Tom Nickson, University Park, Pensylvannia: The Pennsylvania University Press, 2015 [PDF]
This review analyzes the contribution of Tom Nickson´s study from the position given to Spain within European Gothic by the Anglophone historiography. It argues that Nickson´s book is a radical departure from previous historiography, which had condemned ...
Matilde Mateo
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A hydrophilic polyurethane (PU) is synthesized to improve the compatibility with hydrophilic cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) in melt spun nanocomposite fibers, whose mechanical properties are often limited by poor CNC dispersion. In this way, a stronger CNC reinforcement is achieved than in polymer nanocomposite fibers using hydrophobic PU. Abstract Many
Alexandre Redondo +8 more
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Assessing place‐based identities in the early Middle Ages: a proposal for post‐Roman Iberia
Sociological models of place‐based identity can be used to better understand the social dynamics of local communities and how they interact with their surroundings. This paper explores how these theoretical models of belonging to a place, in tandem with communal cognitive maps, can be applied to post‐Roman contexts, taking the Iberian Peninsula in the ...
Javier Martínez Jiménez +1 more
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Crossing the Line: Cristóbal de Villalpando and the Surplus of Script
In 1706 Cristóbal de Villalpando signed a painting with an unusual, intensive calligraphic flourish, and sent it from Mexico City far to the north. This essay describes Villalpando's decision to invest so much pictorial energy in letterforms against this geographic backdrop.
Aaron M. Hyman
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In the early medieval west, patronate, as adapted from Roman law, was a fundamental category in determining the legal status of freedmen. In many cases it entailed a basic set of obligations. In an increasing number of situations, however, the patron became an ecclesiastical institution, since slaves and freed persons were often given to churches and ...
Stefan Esders
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Beyond faith: Biomolecular evidence for changing urban economies in multi‐faith medieval Portugal
Difference in marine protein in the diet of early and late medieval population. Abstract Objectives During the Middle Ages, Portugal witnessed unprecedented socioeconomic and religious changes under transitioning religious political rule. The implications of changing ruling powers for urban food systems and individual diets in medieval Portugal is ...
Alice Toso +14 more
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In the first half of the century Diego López de Ayala and Diego de Salazar collaborated on the first Castilian translations of the Thirteen Questions of Love by Giovanni Boccaccio and the Arcadia by Jacopo Sannazaro within an intellectual community in ...
Jonathan O’Conner
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