Culture and Society in Medieval Galicia

James D'Emilio, Ph.D. (1989), Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, is Associate Professor of Humanities at the University of South Florida. He has published on art, culture, and religion in medieval Galicia, and the Cistercians in Spain and Portugal.

• ContentsPreface ixAcknowledgments xxivList of Figures, Maps, and Tables XXVIAbbreviations xxxiiList of Contributors xxxviiiPart 1: The Paradox of GaliciaA Cultural Crossroads at the Edge of Europe1 The Paradox of GaliciaA Cultural Crossroads at the Edge of Europe 3James D’EmilioPart 2: The Suevic KingdomBetween Roman Gallaecia and Modern MythIntroduction to Part 2 1262 The Suevi in GallaeciaAn Introduction 131Michael Kulikowski3 Gallaecia in Late AntiquityThe Suevic Kingdom and the Rise of Local Powers 146P. C. Díaz and Luis R. Menéndez-Bueyes4 The Suevic KingdomWhy Gallaecia? 176Fernando López Sánchez5 The Church in the Suevic Kingdom (411–585 ad) 210Purificación UbricPart 3: Early Medieval GaliciaTradition and ChangeIntroduction to Part 3 2466 The Aristocracy and the Monarchy in Northwest Iberia betweenthe Eighth and the Eleventh Century 251Amancio Isla7 The Charter of TheodenandusWriting, Ecclesiastical Culture, and Monastic Reform in Tenth-Century Galicia 281James D’ Emilio8 From Galicia to the RhôneLegal Practice in Northern Spain around the Year 1000 343Jeffrey A. BowmanPart 4: Galicia in the Iberian KingdomsFrom Center to Periphery?Introduction to Part 4 3629 The Making of Galicia in Feudal Spain (1065–1157) 367Ermelindo Portela10 Galicia and the Galicians in the Latin Chronicles of theTwelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 400Emma Falque11 The Kingdom of Galicia and the Monarchy of Castile-Leónin the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 429Francisco Javier Pérez RodríguezPart 5: Compostela, Galicia, and EuropeGalician Culture in the Age of the PilgrimageIntroduction to Part 5 46412 St. James in Galicia (c. 500–1300)Rivalries in Heaven and on Earth 477Thomas Deswarte13 CompostelaA Cultural Center from the Tenth to the Twelfth Century 512Adeline Rucquoi14 The Tomb of St. JamesComing to Terms with History and Tradition 543John Williams †15 The European Architecture of Church Reform in GaliciaThe Romanesque Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela 573Henrik Karge16 The Topography of Images in Santiago CathedralMonks, Pilgrims, Bishops, and the Road to Paradise 631Manuel Castiñeiras17 Dreams of Kings and BuildingsVisual and Literary Culture in Galicia (1157–1230) 695Rocío Sánchez Ameijeiras18 Cistercian Scriptoria in the Twelfth and Thirteenth CenturiesA Starting Point 765Ana Suárez González19 A Convent for La SabiaViolante of Aragón and the Clarisas of Allariz 812Melissa R. KatzPart 6: Language and Literary CultureFrom Latin to Galician-PortugueseIntroduction to Part 6 83820 Galician Before 1250 843Roger Wright21 On the Music of Galician-Portuguese Secular LyricSources, Genres, Performance 862William D. Paden22 Making Poetry, Making WavesThe Galician-Portuguese Sea Lyric 894Amélia P. HutchinsonPart 7: Modern Galicia and the Middle AgesCastros, Castles, and the Camino de SantiagoIntroduction to Part 7 91423 Castles vs. CastrosThe Middle Ages in the Construction of Galician NationalIdentity 917Ramón VillaresPart 8: EpilogueFuture DirectionsEpilogue: Future Directions in the Study of Medieval Galicia 949James D’EmilioIndex 963