A Companion to Medieval Toledo: Reconsidering the Canons

319 Pages·2018·4.522 MB·English

by  Yasmine Beale-Rivaya, Jason Busic

A Companion to Medieval Toledo
Brill’s Companions to
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A Companion to
Medieval Toledo
Reconsidering the Canons
Edited by
Yasmine Beale-Rivaya
Jason Busic
LEIDEN | BOSTON
Cover illustration: Ceiling of the ‘Sala de Tesoros’ in the Cathedral of Santa María of Toledo. Photo: Joaquín
Rivaya-Martínez.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Beale-Rivaya, Yasmine, editor. | Busic, Jason, editor.
Title: A companion to medieval Toledo : reconsidering the canons / edited by
 Yasmine Beale-Rivaya and Jason Busic.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018] | Series: Brill’s companions to
 European history, ISSN 2212-7410 ; volume 16 | Includes bibliographical
 references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018033946 (print) | LCCN 2018043438 (ebook) |
 ISBN 9789004380516 (Ebook) | ISBN 9789004379312 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Toledo (Spain)—History—To 1500. |
 Toledo (Spain)—Historiography.
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To my husband, Joaquín Rivaya-Martínez, whose never-failing
inspiration, support, understanding, and encouragement allow me to
engage in interesting and thought-provoking projects, and have the
courage to undertake them all
Yasmine Beale-Rivaya
…
In memory of Vicente Cantarino, mentor and friend
Jason Busic
∵

Contents
Acknowledgements ix
List of Illustrations x
Notes on Contributors xi
Introduction 1
part 1
The City and Shared Spaces
1 Al-Ma ʾmūn of Toledo: A Warrior in the Palace Garden 15
Michelle Hamilton
2 Prestige to Power: Toledo’s Cathedral Chapter and Assimilated
Identity 33
Patrick Harris
3 Evolución de las fortificaciones medievales en la Península Ibérica:
el caso de Toledo 59
Fernando Valdés Fernandez
part 2
Theology/Genealogy/Kinship
4 Old Hispanic Chant Manuscripts of Toledo: Testimonies of a Local or of
a Wider Tradition? 97
Raquel Rojo Carrillo
5 Christian Theology in Arabic and the Mozarabs of Medieval Toledo:
Primary Texts, Main Themes, and Potential Problems 140
Jason Busic
6 Toledo 1449: The Complex Political Space(s) and Dynamics of Civic
Violence 164
Linde M. Brocato
viii Contents
7 Toledo as a Geographical and Literary Reference in the Blood-Libel
Legend 195
David Navarro
part 3
Language and Translation
8 Shared Legal Spaces in the Arabic Language Notarial Documents of
Toledo 221
Yasmine Beale-Rivaya
9 Tathlīth al-waḥdāniyya (The Trebling of the Oneness): Translated from
Arabic 238
Clint Hackenburg
10 The Toledan Translation Movement and Dominicus Gundissalinus:
Some Remarks on His Activity and Presence in Castile 263
Nicola Polloni
Epilogue: Re-reading the Canons of Medieval Toledo: Echoes of Debates
of Iberian Historiography 281
General Bibliography 289
Index 303
Acknowledgements
The editors would like to thank the reviewers who generously gave their time
and offered invaluable notes and suggestions that served to make this volume
stronger. We would also like to thank Dr. Margaret Dunaway and Ms. Noha
Akkari who helped read, edit, or proof the chapters at various stages of produc-
tion. We would also like to thank the individual contributors for their dedica-
tion and hard work. Finally, we would like to thank our respective institutions
Texas State University and Denison University for providing time and support
for research and conferences leading up to this volume.