Cross, Crescent and Conversion

Studies on Medieval Spain and Christendom in Memory of Richard Fletcher
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-90-04-16343-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 73, 362 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 753 g

Reihe: The Medieval Mediterranean

This volume is intended as a commemoration of the career of Richard Fletcher and his remarkable contribution to our understanding of the medieval world. The seventeen papers included here, written by some of the leading scholars of this period, reflect the three main areas of Fletcher’s scholarly endeavours: Church and society in medieval Spain; Christian-Muslim relations, both in the Iberian peninsula and further afield; and the history of the post-Roman world, with particular reference to the conversion of Europe.
Contributors are James Campbell, Roger Collins, Judith McClure, Edward James, Roger Wright, Ann Christys, Bernard F. Reilly, Christopher Tyerman, Simon Barton, John Williams, James D'Emilio, Emma Falque, Peter Linehan, Peter Biller, Ian Michael, Esther Pascua, John Edwards, and Ian Wood.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barton, Simon

Linehan, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface. vii
List of Abbreviations. xi
Bibliography of the Published Writings of Richard Fletcher. xiii

1. Richard Fletcher as an Historian. 16
James Campbell, University of Oxford
2. Rome, Canterbury and Wearmouth-Jarrow: Three Viewpoints
on Augustine’s Mission. 17
Roger Collins, University of Edinburgh, and Judith McClure, St. George’s School for Girls, Edinburgh
3. Gregory of Tours, the Visigoths and Spain. 43
Edward James, University College Dublin
4. Placenames in Early Medieval Documents: the Case of Cabra. 65
Roger Wright, University of Liverpool
5. Picnic at Madinat al-Zahra. 87
Ann Christys, University of Leeds
6. The Rediscovery of Count Pedro Ansúrez. 109
Bernard F. Reilly, Villanova University
7. Principes et Populus: Civil Society and the First Crusade. 127
Christopher Tyerman, University of Oxford
8. Islam and the West: a View from Twelfth-Century León. 153
Simon Barton, University of Exeter
9. The Tomb of St. James: the View from the Other Side. 175
John Williams, University of Pittsburgh
10. The Cathedral Chapter of Lugo in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: Reform and Retrenchment. 193
James D’Emilio, University of South Florida
11. Fuentes isidorianas en De altera uita de Lucas de Tuy. 227
Emma Falque, Universidad de Sevilla
12. Columpna firmissima: D. Gil Torres, the Cardinal of Zamora. 241
Peter Linehan, University of Cambridge
13. The Abundance and Scarcity of Food in the Inquisition Records of Languedoc. 263
Peter Biller, University of York
14. From the Belles of St Clement’s to the Book of Good Love: the Late Survival of Mozarabic Culture in Toledo. 277
Ian Michael, University of Oxford
15. Round and About Water: Christians and Muslims in the Ebro Valley in the Fourteenth Century. 293
Esther Pascua, University of St Andrews
16. New Light on the converso Debate? The Jewish Christianity of Alfonso de Cartagena and Juan de Torquemada. 311
John Edwards, University of Oxford
17. The Fall of the Roman Empire in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. 327
Ian Wood, University of Leeds

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Simon Barton is Professor of Spanish History at the University of Exeter. He has published extensively on the history of medieval Spain, including The Aristocracy in Twelfth-Century León and Castile (Cambridge UP, 1997) and (with Richard Fletcher) The World of El Cid (Manchester UP 2000). He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Peter Linehan is Fellow and Dean of St John's College, Cambridge, and the author of numerous works on various aspects of the history of medieval Spain. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Historical Society and Corresponding Member of the Real Academia de la Historia (Madrid).