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THE ROUTLEDGE HISPANIC STUDIES COMPANION TO MEDIEVAL IBERIA The Routledge Hispanic Studies Companion to Medieval Iberia: Unity in Diversity draws together the innovative work of renowned scholars as well as several thought-provoking essays from emer- gent academics, in order to provide broad-range, in-depth coverage of the major aspects of the Iberian medieval world. Exploring the social, political, cultural, religious, and economic history of the Iberian Peninsula, the volume includes 37 original essays grouped around fundamental themes such as Languages and Literatures, Spiritualities, and Visual Culture. This interdisciplinary volume is an excellent introduction and reference work for students and scholars in Iberian Studies and Medieval Studies. E.Michael Gerli is Commonwealth Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Virginia, USA. Ryan D. Giles is Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA. Routledge Companions to Hispanic and Latin American Studies Routledge Companions to Hispanic and Latin American Studies are state-of-the-art surveys of the key areas within Hispanic and Latin American Studies, providing accessible yet thorough assessments of key problems, themes, and recent developments in research. Series Editor: Brad Epps, University of Cambridge The Routledge Companion to the Hispanic Enlightenment Edited by Elizabeth Franklin Lewis, Mónica Bolufer Peruga, and Catherine M. Jaffe The Routledge Hispanic Studies Companion to Nineteenth-Century Spain Edited by Elisa Martí-López The Routledge Hispanic Studies Companion to Colonial Latin America and the Caribbean (1492–1898) Edited by Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel and Santa Arias The Routledge Hispanic Studies Companion to Medieval Iberia Unity in Diversity Edited by E. Michael Gerli and Ryan D. Giles For more information about this series please visit: https :/ /ww w .rou tledg e .com /Rout ledge -Comp anion s -to- Hispa nic -a nd -La tin -A meric an -St udie s /book -seri es /RC HLAS THE ROUTLEDGE HISPANIC STUDIES COMPANION TO MEDIEVAL IBERIA Unity in Diversity Edited by E. Michael Gerli and Ryan D. Giles SERIES EDITOR: BRAD EPPS SPANISH LIST ADVISOR: JAVIER MUÑOZ-BASOLS First published 2021 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2021 selection and editorial matter, E. Michael Gerli and Ryan D. Giles; individual chapters, the contributors The right of E. Michael Gerli and Ryan D. Giles to be identifed as the authors of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identifcation and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Gerli, E. Michael, editor. | Giles, Ryan D. (Ryan Dennis), editor. Title: The Routledge Hispanic studies companion to medieval Iberia: unity in diversity/edited by E. Michael Gerli and Ryan D. Giles. Description: London; New York, NY: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2021. | Series: Routledge companions to Hispanic and Latin American studies | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifers: LCCN 2020052387 (print) | LCCN 2020052388 (ebook) | ISBN 9781138629325 (hardback) | ISBN 9781315210483 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Iberian Peninsula–Civilization. | Spain–Civilization–711-1516. | Portugal–Civilization–To 1500. Classifcation: LCC DP99.R77 2021 (print) | LCC DP99 (ebook) | DDC 946.0009/02–dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020052387 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020052388 ISBN: 978-1-138-62932-5 (hbk) ISBN: 978-0-36777-174-4 (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-315-21048-3 (ebk) Typeset in Bembo by Deanta Global Publishing Services, Chennai, India To our students. CONTENTS List of contributors xi Acknowledgments xix Preface xx PART I The environment 1 1 Humans and the environment in medieval Iberia 3 Abigail Agresta PART II Societies, polities, and governments 19 2 Fragmentation and centralization: The emergent political culture of the medieval Crown of Aragon 21 Thomas W. Barton 3 Mudéjares and Moriscos 35 Brian A. Catlos 4 Otherness, identities, and cultures in contact 52 Jean Dangler 5 The Visigothic and Suevic kingdoms: The road to unity in post-Roman Hispania 67 Alberto Ferreiro vii Contents 6 Power and politics in Iberian societies, ca. 1035–1516 86 Teoflo F. Ruiz 7 The law 101 Jesús R. Velasco 8 Sefarad 119 David Wacks PART III Histories 135 9 Re-reading the conquest of Iberia: The dynamism of a medieval tradition 137 Nicola Clarke 10 ‘Abd al-Raḥma¯n III and the calipha˙te of Cordoba 152 Maribel Fierro 11 Writing the past, ordering the world: Alfonso the Wise’s Estorias within his political and cultural agenda 167 Leonardo Funes 12 From Islamic to Christian conquest: Fatḥ invasion and Reconquista in medieval Iberia 185 Alejandro García-Sanjuán 13 Islamogothic Iberia: The Ta¯r¯ıkh of Ibn al-Q¯u t¯ı̣yah 197 Nasser Meerkhan PART IV Philosophy and spirituality 213 14 Corporeality and soteriology in medieval Spanish hagiography: The body as signifer in the Libre dels tres reys d’Orient 215 Andrew M. Beresford 15 Contested martyrdom: Voluntary death and blessed cursing in the works of Eulogius and Paulus Alvarus of Córdoba 233 Ryan D. Giles 16 Ramon Llull and Lullism 244 Mark D. Johnston viii Contents 17 Toledo and beyond: Bishops and Jews in medieval Iberia 256 Lucy K. Pick 18 Turning and returning: Religious conversion and personal testimony in Iberian societies 268 Ryan Szpiech PART V Gender 285 19 Medieval Iberian women and gender 287 Marie A. Kelleher 20 Iberian queenship: Theory and practice 303 Núria Silleras-Fernández PART VI Languages and literatures 325 21 Digital humanities and the Iberian Middle Ages 327 Susanna Allés-Torrent 22 The Galician-Portuguese cantigas, the history of emotion, and lyric as genre 345 Henry Berlin 23 Arabic alongside and into Hebrew: Andalusi Hebrew literary culture in meta-critical perspective 363 Ross Brann 24 From heroes to courtly knights: The rise and development of chivalric narrative in medieval Iberia 375 Axayácatl Campos García Rojas 25 Refections of the long thirteenth century: Curiosity, the politics of knowledge, and imperial power in the Libro de Alexandre 391 E.Michael Gerli 26 Medieval Iberian travel literature 408 Michael Harney 27 Inscription, authorship, iteration: The textuality of medieval Catalan literature 421 Albert Lloret ix

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