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The Dialogue on the edge: the Librum disputationis Petri et Raimundi phantastici (1311)
Ricardo da COSTA
Original title: O Diálogo no limite: “A disputa entre Pedro e Ramon, o superfantástico” (1311)
Published in Medieval and Early Modern Iberian Peninsula Cultural History
Keywords: Disputatio, Medieval Art, Medieval Philosophy, Ramon Llull.
The purpose of this conference is to present the phylosophical debate between Pedro and Ramon Llull (Librum disputationis Petri et Raimundi phantastici), and analyze the limits of the medieval dialogue. Debate or conversion? We intend to discuss the parameters of medieval dialogue lulian, aspects that led our author to the most extreme fantasies of literary-philosophical dialogue: the dramatization of the conflict between ideals and realistic attitudes. In addition, we intend to do a iconographic analysis of one of the most famous artistic representations of Ramon Llull: “The rear of the army and relief of Mr. Ramon Llull of Majorca to destroy the tower of falsehood and ignorance”, seventh miniature from Breviculum (1325).
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D. Eleanor Lopez of Cordova’s (1362/63-1430) Memoires: A poetic of non-oblivion
Marcella LOPES GUIMARÃES
Original title: As memórias de D. Leonor López de Córdoba (1362/63-1430): uma poética do não esquecimento
Published in Medieval and Early Modern Iberian Peninsula Cultural History
Keywords: Eleanor Lopez of Cordova, Memoires, Peter of Castile, Trastamara.
The memoires of a Castilian lady Eleanor Lopez of Cordova consist on an unique document for three reasons: the female authorship within the context she was in, the autobiographic text and the support for the rightful faction defeated by the ascension of the Trastamara. Eleanor Lopez of Cordova is the daughter of Martin Lopez of Cordova, who was the Master of the Alcantara and Calatrava orders, and a rare survivor of the persecution that her family went through after her father’s death. With the marriage of Henry III and Catherine of Lancaster, she achieved a noteworthy prominence, which however, was once again dissembled by the complex royal and noble relations during the period of John II’s reing.
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Garcia de Resende’s Cancioneiro Geral: feast and theatricality, a space for the exaltation of the self
Geraldo Augusto FERNANDES
Original title: O Cancioneiro Geral de Garcia de Resende (1470-1536): festa e teatralidade, um espaço para a exaltação do “eu”
Published in Medieval and Early Modern Iberian Peninsula Cultural History
Keywords: Courtly poetry, Exaltation of the self, Garcia de Resende’s songbook, Room and palace, Sociability.
The Portuguese poetry of the XVth and XVIth centuries is denominated courtly poetry due to the fact that it was in the palace that nobles and courtesans got together for rejoice and cultural changes – not only that of Portugal but also of its neighbor, Castile. After the poetry composed by troubadours in the previous centuries, the poetry of the Fourteenth and the Fifteenth will portrait the culture and sociability of a country where the maritime Discoveries will point out the richness and ostentation, because of an economy in expansion. Garcia de Resende’s Cancioneiro Geral, a compilation of 880 poems from 1459 to 1516, is considered a historical document in verses which registers the beginning of the greatness of Portugal.
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The Cordoba Mosque and the Alhambra of Granada: Founding Monument and Final Testimony of al-Andalus
Carmen Lícia PALAZZO
Original title: A mesquita de Córdoba e a Alhambra de Granada: o monumento fundador e o derradeiro testemunho de al-Andalus
Published in Medieval and Early Modern Iberian Peninsula Cultural History
Keywords: Alhambra of Granada, Great Mosque of Cordoba, Islamic Spain, Ornament in Islam.
This article analyses two of the most significant monuments in Islamic Spain: the Great Mosque in Cordoba and the Alhambra in Granada. Both are treated with regard to the political history of the region. The article stresses the role of Byzantine Christian artists in the decoration of the Mosque, as well as the relevance of decorative arts in both monuments, particularly the occurrence of Quranic mentions of luxury and ornament. It shows the importance, in the Alhambra, of the ensemble as an affirmation of the Nasrid Dynasty, by means of opulent decoration and the epigraphic poetry of Ibn Zamrak in the Fountain of Lions, declaring the genealogical roots of Muhammad V.
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The introduction of Humanism in the Iberian Peninsula
Julia BUTIÑÁ JIMÉNEZ
Original title: La introducción del Humanismo en la Península Ibérica
Published in Medieval and Early Modern Iberian Peninsula Cultural History
Keywords: Catalan Literature, Cultural change of fifteenth century, Humanism, Iberian Peninsula.
Summary statement of the reception of Humanist movement in the Iberian Peninsula, which is introduced by the Crown of Aragon. Apart from a few preconceptions about their appearance, characterization, proccess, and current critical situation, the theme focuses on the main production of Humanistic character in Catalan, highlighting Bernat Metge by its prominence and be receiver the very first impact.
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Messiah seeds: routes of the Iberian royal messianism (XIV-XVI centuries)
Jacqueline HERMANN
Original title: Sementes do Messias: percursos do messianismo régio ibérico (sécs. XIV-XVI)
Published in Medieval and Early Modern Iberian Peninsula Cultural History
Keywords: Iberian Peninsula, Judaism, Messianism, Sebastianism.
This paper discusses some of the possible routes of royal messianism in the Iberian world between the XIV and XVI Centuries. Through a vast songbook, poems and texts of various kinds it is possible to identify the roots of royal messianism as emerged in Iberia Peninsula in the Middle Ages, and its development in the Modern Period. The best example of royal messianic expectations, Portuguese Sebastianism, fed upon these sources amongst others, and found fertile ground in the dramatic political context which followed the defeat by the Moors in Alcácer Quibir.
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“Venid a suspirar al verde prado”: missing and melancholy in an Iberian song (XVI century)
José Eduardo Costa SILVA
Original title: “Venid a suspirar al verde prado”: saudade e melancolia em uma canção ibérica (séc. XVI)
Published in Medieval and Early Modern Iberian Peninsula Cultural History
Keywords: Iberian song, Musical analysis, Neo-Kantian, Phenomenology.
This article by employing the use of musical analysis, investigating the possibility of music porting an objective basis for the production of sensations, feelings and meanings. Thus, it is inscribed in the traditional discussion, often engendered by neo- Kantian and the Husserlian phenomenology, around the categorical joints involved in the subject-object relationship. The analyzed example is the Iberian anonymous “Venid a suspirar al verde prado”. Through its analysis, we concluded that the constitution's own musical time lie the foundations that sustain affective production and signifying that common sense attributes to the Iberian repertoire, especially the Portuguese songbook.
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Katechon and right of resistance: an approach from the Middle Ages
Cecilia DEVIA
Original title: Katechon y derecho de resistencia: una aproximación desde la Edad Media
Published in Medieval and Early Modern Iberian Peninsula Cultural History
Keywords: Galicia, Katechon, Late Middle Ages, Right of resistance, Violence.
The figure katechon is a complex and ambiguous character, based on a biblical quote taken from the Second Epistle of Paul to the Thessalonians. Expresses the power to “slow” or “holds” the coming of the Antichrist and therefore the confrontation between the forces of good and evil, which precedes the return of the Messiah and the end of the world. In this paper we build on the analysis undertaken on the concept by different contemporary thinkers. If the figure of katechon be applied in relation to the uprisings in medieval and early modern radical character as those inspired by millenarian movements, one could consider that the daily resistance of the dominated, mostly passive features, would act as a brake for the arrival of the end of the world, necessary for the advent of a new one.
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Arte da Caça de Altanaria: an portuguese example of cinegetics literature of XVII Century
Alice TAVARES
Original title: Arte da Caça de Altenaria: um exemplar português de literatura cinegética do século XVII
Published in Medieval and Early Modern Iberian Peninsula Cultural History
Keywords: Birds, Cinegetics literature, Falconry, Hunting.
This article has the objective of showing the Hunting art of Diogo Fernandes Ferreira, and also to send some clues and questions to future investigations about the hunting activity with the use of poultry. We also want to emphasize the importance of hunting in the Portuguese modern society, mainly in a certain moment, in which this activity was “sleeping”. This is a work of Portuguese literature about hunting, written by a royal falconer in the first quarter of the XVII century.
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Banquets of Ladies and Gentlemen: eating, ceremony and table-etiquette of Habsburg's court in Spain and Portugal (16th and 17th centuries)
Ana Paula Torres MEGIANI
Original title: Banquetes de damas e cavaleiros: alimentação, cerimonial e etiqueta de mesa na corte dos Habsburgo em Espanha e em Portugal (sécs. XVI e XVII)
Published in Medieval and Early Modern Iberian Peninsula Cultural History
Keywords: Courtly etiquette, Eating ceremonies, Hispanic monarchy, Iberian courts.
One of the most remarkable characteristics of modern European monarchies was the adoption of the etiquette system in the habits of the royal household and noblemen in general. This system relates structurally to the building of hierarchies and the creation of symbolic attributes within the courts. This article presents a contribution to the studies regarding the rapport between courtly etiquette and eating ceremonies, either public or private, during the reigns of monarchs from the House of Habsburg, since Charles V to Philip III of Spain.