Daily life depicted in the Cantigas de Santa Maria
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval Illumination of books and manuscripts, Spanish Manners and customs in art Manners and customs in literature Middle Ages in art Middle Ages in literature Civilization Manners and customs Spain Illustrated works
The University Press of Kentucky
1998
EISBN 9780813159096
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Methodology; 1. Classes and Masses; Royalty and Nobility; Church Hierarchy; Commoners and Occupations; Minorities: Jews, Muslims, and Heretics; 2. Clothing: Civil, Ecclesiastical, Military, Naval, and Constabulary; 3. Death; 4. Disasters and Accidents; Disasters; Acccidents; 5. Education; 6. Fauna and Flora; Domestic Animals; Pets; Wild Animals; Trees and Plants; 7. Food and Drink; 8. Furniture and Furnishings; 9. Geographic Place Names; 10. Health and Cures and the Human Body; 11. Legal Matters.
12. Love, Lust, and Marriage13. Personages; 14. Pilgrimage; 15. Places, Sites, and Locales; 16. Punishments; 17. Recreation and Entertainment; 18. Religion; 19. Sins and Crimes; 20. Structures; 21. The Supernatural: Angels, Devils, Spirits, and Souls; 22. Thieves, Gamblers, Highwaymen, Counterfeiters, and Other Criminals; 23. Tools, Implements, and Weapons; 24. Travel; 25. Violent Acts; 26. War; 27. Women and Children; Concluding Remarks; Appendix: Index of Categories; List of Plates; Selected Bibliography; Index of Front Matter.
The hundreds of illuminated miniatures found in the Cantigas de Santa Maria, sponsored by King Alfonso X (1252--84), reveal many vistas of daily life in thirteenth century Spain.No other source provides such an encyclopedic view of all classes of medieval European society, from kings and popes to the lowest peasants. Men and women are seen farming, hunting, on pilgrimage, watching bullfights, in gambling dens, making love, tending silkworms, eating, cooking, and writing poetry, to name only a few of the human activities represented here.Combining keen observation of detail with years of exper.
12. Love, Lust, and Marriage13. Personages; 14. Pilgrimage; 15. Places, Sites, and Locales; 16. Punishments; 17. Recreation and Entertainment; 18. Religion; 19. Sins and Crimes; 20. Structures; 21. The Supernatural: Angels, Devils, Spirits, and Souls; 22. Thieves, Gamblers, Highwaymen, Counterfeiters, and Other Criminals; 23. Tools, Implements, and Weapons; 24. Travel; 25. Violent Acts; 26. War; 27. Women and Children; Concluding Remarks; Appendix: Index of Categories; List of Plates; Selected Bibliography; Index of Front Matter.
The hundreds of illuminated miniatures found in the Cantigas de Santa Maria, sponsored by King Alfonso X (1252--84), reveal many vistas of daily life in thirteenth century Spain.No other source provides such an encyclopedic view of all classes of medieval European society, from kings and popes to the lowest peasants. Men and women are seen farming, hunting, on pilgrimage, watching bullfights, in gambling dens, making love, tending silkworms, eating, cooking, and writing poetry, to name only a few of the human activities represented here.Combining keen observation of detail with years of exper.
