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The medieval Salento : art and identity in Southern Italy

Title: The medieval Salento : art and identity in Southern Italy / Linda Safran.
Author: Safran, Linda.
Publication: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2014.

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Description

469 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 cm.

Summary

Located in the heel of the Italian boot, the Salento region was home to a diverse population between the ninth and fifteenth centuries. Inhabitants spoke Latin, Greek, and various vernaculars, and their houses of worship served sizable congregations of Jews as well as Roman-rite and Orthodox Christians. Yet the Salentines of this period laid claim to a definable local identity that transcended linguistic and religious boundaries. The evidence of their collective culture is embedded in the traces they left behind: wall paintings and inscriptions, graffiti, carved tombstone decorations, belt fittings from graves, and other artifacts reveal a wide range of religious, civic, and domestic practices that helped inhabitants construct and maintain personal, group, and regional identities. The Medieval Salento allows the reader to explore the visual and material culture of a people using a database of over three hundred texts and images, indexed by site. Linda Safran draws from art history, archaeology, anthropology, and ethnohistory to reconstruct medieval Salentine customs of naming, language, appearance, and status. She pays particular attention to Jewish and nonelite residents, whose lives in southern Italy have historically received little scholarly attention. This extraordinarily detailed visual analysis reveals how ethnic and religious identities can remain distinct even as they mingle to become a regional culture.--

Series Statement

Middle Ages series

Uniform Title

Middle Ages series.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-456) and index.

Contents

Names -- Languages -- Appearances -- Status -- The life cycle -- Rituals and other practices in places of worship -- Rituals and practices at home and in the community -- Theorizing Salentine identity.

Call Number

JQF 18-1981

ISBN

9780812245547
0812245547

LCCN

2013031247
40023526065

OCLC

855977528

Author

Safran, Linda.

Title

The medieval Salento : art and identity in Southern Italy / Linda Safran.

Imprint

Edition

1st ed.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Middle Ages series

Middle Ages series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-456) and index.

Chronological Term

To 1500

Other Standard Identifier

40023526065

Research Call Number

JQF 18-1981

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