Narrative, Piety and Polemic in Medieval Spain - Biblical Rhetoric in the Reconquest Chronicles of Leon-Castile

This book presents an original perspective on the variety and intensity of biblical narrative and rhetoric in the evolution of history writing in Leon-Castile during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. It focuses on six Hispano-Latin chronicles, two of which make unusually overt and emphatic use of biblical texts. Of particular importance is the part played by the influence of exegesis that became integral to scriptural and liturgical influence, both in and beyond monastic institutions.Alun Williams provides close analysis of the text and comparisons with biblical typology to demonstrate how these historians from the north of Iberia were variously dependent on a growing corpus of patristic and early medieval interpretation to understand and define their world and their sense of place. Narrative, Piety and Polemic in Medieval Spain sees Williams examine this material as part of a comparative exploration of language and religious allusion, showing how the authors used these biblical-liturgical elements to convey historical context, purpose and interpretation.>

Product details

• Authors: Alun Williams, Williams Alun
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781788314619
• ISBN: 978-1-78831-461-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 236 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; History: specific events & topics, European History, Spain, RELIGION / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, History of Religion, Medieval History, Violence in society, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Violence, intolerance and persecution in history, c 400 to c 1492 (Spanish medieval period)