Narrating the Treasury: What Medieval Iberian Chronicles Choose to Recount about Luxury Objects

Chronicles written in the Kingdoms of Castile and León between the reigns of Alfonso VI and Fernando III, the period of greatest expansion against al-Andalus, assert the importance of the spoils of battle and the circulation of objects between Christian and Muslim lands, and between rival Christian...

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Author: Rodríguez López, Ana
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Publication Date:2019
Country:España
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Keyword:Iberia
Chronicles
Narrative sources
Christian objects
Islamic objects
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spelling Narrating the Treasury: What Medieval Iberian Chronicles Choose to Recount about Luxury ObjectsRodríguez López, AnaIberiaChroniclesNarrative sourcesChristian objectsIslamic objectsChronicles written in the Kingdoms of Castile and León between the reigns of Alfonso VI and Fernando III, the period of greatest expansion against al-Andalus, assert the importance of the spoils of battle and the circulation of objects between Christian and Muslim lands, and between rival Christian institutions. The chronicles’ accounts of the looting of churches by monarchs and nobles in the context of repeated internecine conflict give few details about pillaged objects. Rather, they define these pieces by materials without making note of individual characteristics; although certain objects did spark their interest, in most cases, the tales respond to the need to identify a given piece in order to construct a narrative. Their value comes not only from precious materials or the specialized work of their manufacture, but also from their ability to exemplify personal and collective virtues or defects, along with individual and family identities.The author would like to thank Therese Martin, Principal Investigator of The Medieval Treasury across Frontiers and Generations: The Kingdom of León-Castilla in the Context of Muslim-Christian Interchange, c. 1050‒1200 (PI, Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitivity, HAR2015-68614-P), and the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies at Princeton University, for organizing and funding the conference at Princeton University in May 2017.Peer reviewedBrill Academic PublishersRodríguez, Ana [0000-0001-5877-0225]Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]201920192019info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Postprintinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/187945reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Ingléshttps://brill.com/view/journals/me/25/1-2/article-p39_2.xmlSíinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/1879452026-05-22T06:33:51Z
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title Narrating the Treasury: What Medieval Iberian Chronicles Choose to Recount about Luxury Objects
spellingShingle Narrating the Treasury: What Medieval Iberian Chronicles Choose to Recount about Luxury Objects
Rodríguez López, Ana
Iberia
Chronicles
Narrative sources
Christian objects
Islamic objects
title_short Narrating the Treasury: What Medieval Iberian Chronicles Choose to Recount about Luxury Objects
title_full Narrating the Treasury: What Medieval Iberian Chronicles Choose to Recount about Luxury Objects
title_fullStr Narrating the Treasury: What Medieval Iberian Chronicles Choose to Recount about Luxury Objects
title_full_unstemmed Narrating the Treasury: What Medieval Iberian Chronicles Choose to Recount about Luxury Objects
title_sort Narrating the Treasury: What Medieval Iberian Chronicles Choose to Recount about Luxury Objects
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Rodríguez López, Ana
author Rodríguez López, Ana
author_facet Rodríguez López, Ana
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Rodríguez, Ana [0000-0001-5877-0225]
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Iberia
Chronicles
Narrative sources
Christian objects
Islamic objects
topic Iberia
Chronicles
Narrative sources
Christian objects
Islamic objects
description Chronicles written in the Kingdoms of Castile and León between the reigns of Alfonso VI and Fernando III, the period of greatest expansion against al-Andalus, assert the importance of the spoils of battle and the circulation of objects between Christian and Muslim lands, and between rival Christian institutions. The chronicles’ accounts of the looting of churches by monarchs and nobles in the context of repeated internecine conflict give few details about pillaged objects. Rather, they define these pieces by materials without making note of individual characteristics; although certain objects did spark their interest, in most cases, the tales respond to the need to identify a given piece in order to construct a narrative. Their value comes not only from precious materials or the specialized work of their manufacture, but also from their ability to exemplify personal and collective virtues or defects, along with individual and family identities.
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