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Visions of Unity After the Visigoths CURSoR MUNDi Cursor Mundi is produced under the auspices of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, University of California, Los Angeles. Executive Editor Blair Sullivan, University of California, Los Angeles Editorial Board Michael D. Bailey, Iowa State University Christopher Baswell, Columbia University and Barnard College Florin Curta, University of Florida Elizabeth Freeman, University of Tasmania Yitzhak Hen, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Lauren Kassell, Pembroke College, Cambridge David Lines, University of Warwick Cary Nederman, Texas A&M University Teofilo Ruiz, University of California, Los Angeles Previously published volumes in this series are listed at the back of the book. Volume 26 Visions of Unity After the Visigoths Early iberian Latin Chronicles and the Mediterranean World by Ksenia Bonch Reeves British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library © 2016, Brepols Publishers n.v., Turnhout, Belgium All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. D/2016/0095/10 iSBN: 978-2-503-56509-5 Doi: 10.1484/M.CURSoR-EB.5.111940 e-iSBN: 978-2-503-57046-4 Printed on acid-free paper Contents Acknowledgements ix Abbreviations xi A Note on Texts xiii introduction 1 After the Visigoths 4 Scope and Limits 10 Defining the Terms 21 The Mozarabic vs the Neo-Gothic 21 Spain or iberia? 24 Rethinking Uniqueness 37 Approaching the Chronicle 41 Chapter 1. The Epic’s Poor Cousins: Mediaeval iberian Latin Chronicles in Twentieth-Century Philology 47 Chapter 2. The Mozarabic Chronicles, islam, and the Mediterranean Apocalyptic 71 The Mozarabic Historiographical Enigma 73 Visigothic Spain and the Mediterranean 80 Peripheral Visions 87 Narrating the Apocalypse 93 vi Contents Chapter 3. Between the Emirate and the Holy Land: Eulogius of Córdoba, the Culture of Martyrdom, and the ideology of iberian Cohesion 113 Seeking Unity in Times of Flux 118 Mediterranean Connections 125 Eulogius’s iberian Foundations 133 Eulogius’s Logical impasse and its Aftermath 144 Chapter 4. Visigothic Law, Sovereignty, and North-Eastern iberian Political Rivalry in the Asturian Chronicle Tradition 153 Questioning Asturias 156 Asturias and its Political Neighbours: A Crowded Landscape 163 Reges et leges: Defining Legitimacy 170 Lawful Narratives 184 Chapter 5. Revisiting the Reconquest in Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Leonese Chronicles: A Holy War or a Just War? 195 Locating the Muslims in Leonese Chronicles 202 Framing the Reconquest: Visigothic Political Thought Prior to 711 206 ideologies of the Reconquest in Asturias-León 212 Chapter 6. Toward a Philosophy of Unity in Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada’s Historia de rebus Hispanie 223 Castile: Toward a New Unity 229 Rodrigo and the Post-Gothic 250 Conclusion: in Search of Continuity 261 Select Bibliography 267 index 275 Danieli magna cum dilectione Acknowledgements This book is the result of several years of work during which i was for- tunate to benefit from the wise counsel and support of many people. i would be remiss if i did not mention Benito Brancaforte, who first taught me to employ critical instruments that best respond to the demands of a text; ivy Corfis, who introduced me to mediaeval Spanish chronicles; and John Nitti, whose passion for mediaeval Spanish manuscripts continues to illuminate my academic path. During the many years i worked on this project, i also bene- fited from the generous advice and encouragement of many individuals, includ- ing Jesús Rodríguez Velasco, Pablo Pastrana-Pérez, José Manuel Pérez-Prendes y Muñoz de Arraco, and Geraldo Sousa. in addition, i have been inspired by the work of Cyrille Aillet, Roger Collins, Luis A. García Moreno, Sidney H. Griffith, Jocelyn N. Hillgarth, José Eduardo López Pereira, Georges Martin, Lucy K. Pick, and Margarita Vallejo Girvés, among many others. Needless to say, none of the above-mentioned individuals bear any responsibility whatso- ever for any and all of the flaws of this work. The completion of this project would not have been possible without sup- port from the College of Liberal Arts at Wright State University as well as my Department Chairs — David Garrison, Stefan Pugh, and Marie Hertzler, whose encouragement and flexibility in scheduling assignments have been invaluable in bringing this project to conclusion. The archival research has been made possible with grants from the Committee for Cultural Cooperation between Spain’s Ministry of Culture and United States’ Universities and the office of Research and Sponsored Programs at Wright State University. i would also like to thank José Luis del Valle Merino of the Real Biblioteca del Monasterio de El Escorial for invaluable help and guidance in accessing chronicle manuscripts. i would like to gratefully acknowledge the Editorial Board and the anony- mous reviewers of the Cursor Mundi Series for the enormously helpful critique x Acknowledgements of the manuscript; Guy Carney, Publishing Manager at Brepols for his expert guidance throughout the publication process; Tim Barnwell of Brepols, for meticulous copyediting; and Andrey Tolstoy for help in the elaboration of this manuscript. Finally, my most heartfelt thanks go to Alexandra, Victor, Nina, Angela, Laurie, Diane, Dan, Thomas, and Alec: this project would not have been possible without their love and support.
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