#medieval spain

[bronzeageecho]

eagle fibula | c. 500s | visigothic (found in tierra de barros, spain)

in the walters art museum collection

[jstor]

BEHOLD these beautiful dragon-themed plates from 15th-century Spain! These most likely come from the town of Manises, which was renowned for its lusterware. This type of pottery was heavily influenced by Islamic pottery, and the Spanish artisans who made these plates included both Muslims and Christians.

But anyway, DRAGONS!

These images come from the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection on JSTOR, which includes nearly half a million open access images for everyone.

[photo-doom]

Church of San Miguel, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. Late 1400s-1600s.

[medievalistsnet]

Becoming Spain: an Introduction to the Spanish Middle Ages

Becoming Spain: an Introduction to the Spanish Middle Ages

An introduction to medieval Spain and what shaped this country, up to becoming a powerful empire. We learn about the religious and cultural

[historicity-was-already-taken]

Me, watching "Wish" with the 5 year old I babysit:

"You see! Asha said 'hello' in Hebrew, Arabic, and Spanish, indicating a medieval Spanish culture! This island is probably located near Spain where there was a great comingling of Muslim, Jewish, and Catholic Spanish cultures and the al-Adalus period, while not as utopian as we would like to remember it..."

And she was just looking at me like

i have no idea how to talk to children

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

José Casado del Alisal (Spanish, 1832-1886) The Legend of the Monk King, 1880 Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid

Traditionally known as The Bell of Huesca, this painting depicts one of the most terrifying events in the history of Medieval Spain. Ramiro II of Aragon decapitated all the noblemen who had dared to challenge his royal power, one by one. As he had promised to make a bell that would ring to reaffirm his power, he did so with the heads of the rebel noblemen. For the clapper, he used the head of the Archbishop responsible for the failed conspiracy. This painting shows the exact moment when the monarch shows his work to the rest of the court.

[margaritiques]

The King [Fernando II of Aragon] has been detained longer than was expected by the rebellion of the Moors of Ronda, who are the last converts to Christianity, and who live in the most inaccessible mountains. Wishing to see his daughter [Katharine of Aragon] before her departure, the King has accepted the capitulation offered to him by the Moors, and pardoned the rebels. It would have cost him much more time to subdue them by force. The King is, therefore, at liberty to leave Ronda now, and has written that he would start this very day (Friday) for Granada. Has suffered from fever. Her indisposition and the absence of the King are the reasons why the departure of the Princess of Wales has been hitherto delayed. But as soon as the King arrives, the Princess will start by way of Santiago in Galicia, in order to embark at Coruña. Begs Henry [VII] to excuse the delay, and promises, on her word as Queen, that the Princess of Wales shall arrive in England as soon as possible.—Granada, 7th May 1501.

On the upcoming departure of Katharine of Aragon to England.

Excerpt of a translated summary of a letter from Queen Isabel of Castile to Dr. Rodrigo de Puebla, Spanish ambassador to England.

From Calendar of State Papers, Spain, Volume 1, 1485-1509, edited by G. A. Bergenroth, published 1862.

[grayjoy15]

Day 25: Zaida of Seville. She was the daughter-in-law of al-Mu’tamid, the last Taifa King of Muslim Seville. When the Almoravids invaded the Iberian Peninsula, she fled to the court of Alfonso VI of León and Castile and became his mistress. She was baptized and potentially married Alfonso as Queen Isabel/Elizabeth, but Isabel may also have been a separate French noblewoman. Zaida was the mother of Alfonso’s only son Sancho.