Narrative, Piety and Polemic in Medieval Spain: Biblical Rhetoric in the Reconquest Chronicles of León-Castile

by Alun Williams

This book presents an original perspective on the variety and intensity of biblical narrative and rhetoric in the evolution of history writing in Le n-Castile during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. It focuses on six Hispano-Latin chronicles, two of which make unusually overt and emphatic use of biblical texts. Of particular importance is the part played by the influence of exegesis that became integral to scriptural and liturgical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1788314611
• ISBN13: 9781788314619
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"