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Book SynopsisBeyond the Reconquista: New Directions in the History of Medieval Iberia (711-1085) offers an exciting series of essays by leading scholars in Hispanic Studies from across North America and Europe. At its heart is the Reconquista, without doubt the most important and enduring theme of Iberian historiography of the Middle Ages. The innovative studies collected herein, which treat a diverse array of subjects via forensic analyses of charters, chronicles and coins, shed new light on crucial aspects of medieval Iberian socio-economic, political and cultural history. The result is a collection of essays which marks a decisive and bold turning of the page in Iberian medieval studies, as the reality and ideal of Reconquest come under hitherto unparalleled scrutiny. Contributors are Graham Barrett, Jeffrey Bowman, Alberto Canto, Nicola Clarke, Wendy Davies, Julio Escalona, Jonathan Jarrett, Eduardo Manzano Moreno, Iñaki Martín Viso and Lucy K. Pick. See inside the book.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Abbreviations Contributors Simon Barton† (1962–2017) Beyond the Reconquista: an Introductory Essay Robert Portass Part 1: Hispania Old and New 1The Life and Death of an Historiographical Folly: The Early Medieval Depopulation and Repopulation of the Duero Basin Julio Escalona & Iñaki Martín Viso 2Hispania at Home and Abroad Graham Barrett Part 2: Hispania Real and Imagined 3A Likely Story: Purpose in Narratives from Charters of the Early Medieval Pyrenees Jonathan Jarrett 4Counts in Ninth- and Tenth-Century Iberia Wendy Davies 5The Value of Wealth: Coins and Coinage in Iberian Early Medieval Documents Eduardo Manzano Moreno & Alberto Canto Part 3: Writing, Remembering, Representing 6Record, Chronicle and Oblivion: Remembering and Forgetting Elite Women in Medieval Iberia Jeffrey Bowman 7‘He lashed his mawlā with a whip, and shaved his head’: Masculinity and Hierarchy in Early Andalusī Chronicles’ Nicola Clarke 8Islam Concealed and Revealed: The Chronicle of 754 and Beatus of Liébana’s Commentary on the Apocalypse Lucy K. Pick Index
