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Cross, Crescent and Conversion : Studies on Medieval Spain and Christendom in Memory of Richard Fletcher.
Title:
Cross, Crescent and Conversion : Studies on Medieval Spain and Christendom in Memory of Richard Fletcher.
Author:
Barton, Simon.
ISBN:
9789047432036
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (376 pages)
Series:
The Medieval Mediterranean ; v.No. 73

The Medieval Mediterranean
Contents:
Preface -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography of the Published Writings of Richard Fletcher -- Richard Fletcher as an Historian (James Campbell, University of Oxford) -- Rome, Canterbury and Wearmouth-Jarrow: Three Viewpoints on Augustine's Mission (Roger Collins, University of Edinburgh, and Judith McClure, St. George's School for Girls, Edinburgh) -- Gregory of Tours, the Visigoths and Spain (Edward James, University College Dublin) -- Placenames in Early Medieval Documents: the Case of Cabra (Roger Wright, University of Liverpool) -- Picnic at Madïnat al-Zahrä? (Ann Christys, University of Leeds) -- The Rediscovery of Count Pedro Ansúrez (Bernard F. Reilly, Villanova University) -- Principes et Populus: Civil Society and the First Crusade (Christopher Tyerman, University of Oxford) -- Islam and the West: a View from Twelfth-Century León (Simon Barton, University of Exeter) -- The Tomb of St. James: the View from the Other Side (John Williams, University of Pittsburgh) -- The Cathedral Chapter of Lugo in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: Reform and Retrenchment (James D'Emilio, University of South Florida) -- Fuentes isidorianas en De altera uita de Lucas de Tuy (Emma Falque, Universidad de Sevilla) -- Columpna firmissima: D. Gil Torres, the Cardinal of Zamora (Peter Linehan, University of Cambridge) -- The Abundance and Scarcity of Food in the Inquisition Records of Languedoc (Peter Biller, University of York) -- From the Belles of St Clement's to the Book of Good Love: the Late Survival of Mozarabic Culture in Toledo (Ian Michael, University of Oxford) -- Round and About Water: Christians and Muslims in the Ebro Valley in the Fourteenth Century (Esther Pascua, University of St Andrews) -- New Light on the converso Debate? The Jewish Christianity of Alfonso de Cartagena and Juan de Torquemada (John Edwards, University of Oxford).

The Fall of the Roman Empire in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (Ian Wood, University of Leeds) -- Index.
Abstract:
This volume commemorates the career of Richard Fletcher and his remarkable contribution to our understanding of the medieval world. The seventeen papers included here reflect the three main areas of Fletcher's scholarly endeavours: Church and society in medieval Spain; Christian-Muslim relations, and the history of the post-Roman world.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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