From Heaven to Earth: The Reordering of Castilian Society, 1150-1350

by Teofilo F. Ruiz and Teofilo F Ruiz

Book Overview

Between the late twelfth century and the mid fourteenth, Castile saw a reordering of mental, spiritual, and physical space. Fresh ideas about sin and intercession coincided with new ways of representing the self and emerging perceptions of property as tangible. This radical shift in values or mentalit?s was most evident among certain social groups, including mercantile elites, affluent farmers, lower nobility, clerics, and literary figures--"middling...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691171505
• ISBN13: 9780691171500
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"