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The task of the cleric : cartography, translation, and economics in thirteenth-century Iberia
- Title
- The task of the cleric : cartography, translation, and economics in thirteenth-century Iberia / Simone Pinet.
- Author
- Pinet, Simone
- Publication
- Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
- ©2016
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- Description
- xl, 191 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, 1 map; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Composed in early thirteenth-century Iberia, the Libro de Alexandre was Spain's first vernacular version of the Romance of Alexander and the first poem in the corpus now known as the mester de clerecía. These learned works, written by clergy and connected with both school and court, were also tools for the articulation of sovereignty in an era of prolonged military and political expansion. In The Task of the Cleric, Simone Pinet considers the composition of the Libro de Alexandre in the context of cartography, political economy, and translation. Her discussion sheds light on how clerics perceived themselves and on the connections between literature and these other activities. Drawing on an extensive collection of early cartographic materials, much of it rarely considered in conjunction with the romance, Pinet offers an original and insightful view of the mester de clerecía and the changing role of knowledge and the clergy in thirteenth-century Iberia."--
- Alternative Title
- Cartography, translation, and economics in thirteenth-century Iberia
- Subject
- Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. > Romances > History and criticism
- Libro de Alixandre
- Romances, Spanish > History and criticism
- Geography and literature > Iberian Peninsula > History > 13th century
- Cartography > Iberian Peninsula > History > 13th century
- Politics and literature > Iberian Peninsula > History > 13th century
- Economics and literature > Iberian Peninsula > History > 13th century
- Clergy > Iberian Peninsula > History > 13th century
- Iberian Peninsula > Literatures > Translations > History and criticism
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-183) and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-8978
- ISBN
- 9781442649934
- 1442649933
- OCLC
- 928487510
- Author
- Pinet, Simone, author.
- Title
- The task of the cleric : cartography, translation, and economics in thirteenth-century Iberia / Simone Pinet.
- Publisher
- Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-183) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-8978