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Daily Life Depicted in the Cantigas de Santa Maria

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Availability:In StockContributor:John E. Keller, Annette Grant CashSeries:Studies in Romance Languages #44Publish date:1998-10-29Pages:120
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813120508ISBN-10:813120500UPC:9780813120508Book Category:Literary Criticism, ArtBook Subcategory:Medieval, History, EuropeanBook Topic:Medieval, Spanish & PortugueseSize:11.25 x 8.68 x 0.61 inchesWeight:1.6711Product ID:SCHN2V56SZ

Daily Life Depicted in the Cantigas de Santa Maria

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...

Series: Studies in Romance Languages #44
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813120508ISBN-10:813120500UPC:9780813120508Book Category:Literary Criticism, ArtBook Subcategory:Medieval, History, EuropeanBook Topic:Medieval, Spanish & PortugueseSize:11.25 x 8.68 x 0.61 inchesWeight:1.6711Product ID:SCHN2V56SZ

John E. Keller, professor emeritus of Spanish at the University of Kentucky, is coauthor of Iconography in Medieval Spanish Literature.

Annette Grant Cash, visiting assistant professor of Spanish at Georgia State University, is the co-translator of Miracles of Our Lady by Gonzalo de Berceo.


Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

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