A Companion to Medieval Toledo : Reconsidering the Canons.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (318 pages)
- Brill's Companions to European History Series ; v.16 .
- Brill's Companions to European History Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1 The City and Shared Spaces -- Chapter 1 Al-Ma ʾmūn of Toledo: A Warrior in the Palace Garden -- Chapter 2 Prestige to Power: Toledo's Cathedral Chapter and Assimilated Identity -- Chapter 3 Evolución de las fortificaciones medievales en la Península Ibérica: el caso de Toledo -- Part 2 Theology/Genealogy/Kinship -- Chapter 4 Old Hispanic Chant Manuscripts of Toledo: Testimonies of a Local or of a Wider Tradition? -- Chapter 5 Christian Theology in Arabic and the Mozarabs of Medieval Toledo: Primary Texts, Main Themes, and Potential Problems -- Chapter 6 Toledo 1449: The Complex Political Space(s) and Dynamics of Civic Violence -- Chapter 7 Toledo as a Geographical and Literary Reference in the Blood-Libel Legend -- Part 3 Language and Translation -- Chapter 8 Shared Legal Spaces in the Arabic Language Notarial Documents of Toledo -- Chapter 9 Tathlīth al-waḥdāniyya (The Trebling of the Oneness): Translated from Arabic -- Chapter 10 The Toledan Translation Movement and DominicusGundissalinus: Some Remarks on His Activity and Presence in Castile -- Epilogue Re-reading the Canons of Medieval Toledo: Echoes of Debates of Iberian Historiography -- General Bibliography -- Index.
A Companion to Medieval Toledo. Reconsidering the Canons explores the limits of "Convivencia" through new and problematized readings and initiates the non-specialist into the historical, cultural, and religious complexity of the iconic city.