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...William D. Phillips, Jr. Because of Glick’s profound familiarity with the ongoing and vigorous work in archaeology and other fields, and his provocative and usually persuasive interpretations, his book is indispensable reading for anyone who wants to understand medieval Spain. Unfortunately...

...William David Phillips, Jr. Historia de España Alfaguara . Vol. II: La época medieval . By García de Cortázar J. A. . Madrid , 1973 . Alianza Editorial . Maps. Bibliography. Index . Pp. 530 . Paper. Copyright 1974 by Duke University Press 1974 José Angel García de...

...Robert I. Burns, S.J. The Making of Medieval Spain . By Jackson Gabriel . New York , 1972 . Harcourt Brace Jovanovich . Maps. Table. Illustrations. Graph. Bibliography. Index . Pp. 216 . Cloth. Paper. Copyright 1973 by Duke University Press 1973 In the flood of attractive...

...C. J. Bishko Irrigation and Society in Medieval Valencia . By Glick Thomas F. . Cambridge, Mass. , 1970 . Belknap Press of Harvard University Press . Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Note. Glossary. Appendices. Bibliography. Indices . Pp. xviii , 386 . $15.00 . Copyright 1971...

...Mario J. Buschiazzo Medieval American Art. Masterpieces of the New World Before Columbus . Por Kelemen Pál . New York , 1956 . The Macmillan Company . Illustrations. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xxii , 414 . $15.00 . Copyright 1957 by Duke University Press 1957 ...

...Nicolás Sánchez-Albobnoz Late Ancient and Medieval Population . By Russell J. C. . Philadelphia , 1958 . Transactions of the American Philosophical Society . New Series , Vol. 48 , Part 3. Tables. Index . Pp. 152 . Paper. $4.00 . Copyright 1959 by Duke University Press 1959 ...

...Manoel Cardozo A cavalaria medieval, Ensaios sobre a significação histórica e influência civilizadora do ideal cavalheiresco por Professores do King’s College de Londres . Edited by Prestage Edgar . With a preliminary note by Gollancz Sir Israel . Translated from the English...

... tells of medieval precedents for the evangelization of the natives and the Christian-pagan synthesis that followed. Chapter 23 relates the medieval roots of the beaterios (largely groups of devout women devoted to prayer and the teaching of native girls) and the scriptorio (schools lor teaching...

...Karen B. Graubart Slavery in Medieval and Early Modern Iberia . By Phillips William D. Jr. Middle Ages Series. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press , 2014 . Maps. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. 257 pp. Cloth, $65.00 . Copyright © 2014 by Duke University Press...

...James S. Amelang The Origins of Peasant Servitude in Medieval Catalonia . By Freedman Paul . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 1991 . Maps. Tables. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xvii , 280 pp. Cloth . $49.50 . Copyright 1992 by Duke University Press 1992...

.... In view of recently published syntheses in English of medieval Iberian history, among them Gabriel Jackson’s and Stanley Payne’s chapters, the question is: What does this big book contribute? Its five parts cover the years from 415 to 1492 over the entire Peninsula. The political narrative inescapably...

...Helen Nader The broader interpretations are weakened by Bishko’s assumption of historical progress. Changes in medieval practices are assumed to shape modern institutions, without taking into consideration changes in later periods or discerning the differences between the medieval institutions...

... of the peasantry and land use, urban militias, and trade. This book is recommended to anyone interested in gaining a feel for what medieval workaday Castilian society was really like. Specifically, he argues that the long-term consequences for Castile of the reconquest of Seville in 1248 were pernicious...

...Thomas F. Glick Oígenes de la burguesía en la España medieval . By De Valdeavellano Luis G. . Madrid , 1969 . Espasa-Calpe . Pp. 217. Paper . Copyright 1971 by Duke University Press 1971 The origin of towns in medieval Europe and the role of commerce therein has been one...

...Harold B. Johnson, Jr. A sociedade medieval portuguesa ( Aspectos de vida quotidiana ) . By de Oliveira Marques A. H. . Lisbon , 1964 . Sá da Costa . Pp. xx , 301 . Copyright 1965 by Duke University Press 1965 Unhappily, the wedding of critical intelligence with creative...

... and beautiful, descriptive, original photographs by Hirmer, this book can be highly recommended as the best reference source on early medieval art in Spain. Masterpieces within a style, chosen with sound esthetic judgment, are often justified by meaningless clichés such as “great freedom” or “highly...

...I. Twersky Maimonides. Medieval Modernist . By Bratton Fred Gladstone . Boston , 1967 . Beacon Press . Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. ix , 159 . $5.95 . Copyright 1968 by Duke University Press 1968 The author’s intention in writing this book was to produce a brief...

...C. J. Bishko In short, this able study, although specifically medieval in content, contributes richly to clarifying the whole Iberian dilemma of how to operate a pluralist society—a dilemma not solved even in the Middle Ages, since in 1609 many of the descendants of Burns’ Mudejars were...

... at presenting the antecedents of medieval Judaism in Christian Europe. Fifteen chapters of various lengths cover the period either by geographical division (Byzantium, Italy, Germany, Christian Spain) or by presenting a particular aspect (Rashi and his School, Rabbinic Scholarship in Northern Europe). While...

...Charles E. Nowell Las bulas alejandrinas de 1498 y la teoría política del papado medieval: Estudio de la supremacía papal sobre islas 1091-1493 . By Weckman Luis . Introduction by Kantorowicz Ernst . [ Publicaciones del Instituto de Historia, Primera serie, Número 11 .] ( Mexico...