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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
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Spanish. --- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval --- Middle Ages in art. --- Middle Ages in literature. --- Manners and customs in art. --- Manners and customs in literature. --- Spanish illumination of books and manuscripts --- Painting, Medieval --- Alfonso --- Illustrations. --- Códice de Florencia. --- Códice florentino (Cantigas de Santa María) --- Códice F --- Spain --- Civilization --- Social life and customs.
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In the Cantigas de Santa Maria , a collection of more than four hundred poems written in the language of medieval Galicia in praise of the Virgin Mary, Alfonso X, el Sabio, king of Castile-Leon, has left us a kind of poetic biography. Declaring himself Mary's troubadour, he appeals to her as his advocate and consoler as he recounts specific events in his life and that of his kingdom. As he tells us about his family, his war against the Muslims of Granada and Morocco, the treachery of the nobility, his frequent illnesses, and his fear of hellfire and damnation, he reveals much about his personality and his spirituality. This volume explicates the historical circumstances surrounding the events described in the cantigas. The Cantigas de Santa Maria is a royal biography unique in thirteenth-century Europe.
Spanish literature --- Littérature espagnole --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- Alfonso --- Castile (Spain) --- Castille (Espagne) --- History --- Kings and rulers --- Biography. --- Histoire --- Rois et souverains --- Biographies --- Biography --- Littérature espagnole --- Alfonso X, 1252-1284 --- Alfonso - X, - King of Castile and Leon, - 1221-1284. - Cantigas de Santa Marâia. --- Alfonso - X, - King of Castile and Leon, - 1221-1284. --- Alfonso - X, - King of Castile and Leon, - 1221-1284 - Cantigas de Santa María --- Alfonso - X, - King of Castile and Leon, - 1221-1284 --- Castile (Spain) - History - Alfonso X, 1252-1284 --- Castile (Spain) - Kings and rulers - Biography --- Kings and sovereigns --- Czars (Kings and rulers) --- Kings and rulers, Primitive --- Monarchs --- Royalty --- Rulers --- Sovereigns --- Tsars --- Tzars --- Heads of state --- Queens --- Castile --- Afonso --- Alfons, --- Alfonso, --- Alonso, --- Alphonse, --- Alphonse --- Anfós, --- Castille, Alphonse de, --- De Castille, Alphonse, --- Castilla (Spain)
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