What is it about?
Focusing on textual, archaeological, visual and material culture, the sixteen studies in this volume offer new and important insights into the historical, socio-political and cultural dynamics characterising different, yet interconnected areas within Iberia and the Mediterranean. A Plural Peninsula embodies and upholds Professor Simon Barton’s influential scholarly legacy, eschewing rigid disciplinary boundaries.
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Why is it important?
The structural themes of this volume --the creation and manipulation of historical, historiographical and emotional narratives; changes and continuity in patterns of exchange, cross-fertilisation and the recovery of tradition; and the management of conflict, crisis, power and authority-- are also particularly relevant for the postmedieval period, within and beyond Iberia.
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This volume is dedicate to the memory of Professor Simon Barton. He was a close friend, colleague, mentor and collaborator to all contributors to this volume, who are some of the finest scholars and experts in Medieval Iberian and Mediterranean Studies, and who have proven to be—time after time—supportive colleagues and generous friends. To them, I wish to express my most sincere gratitude for having transformed an initially intimidating editorial experience into one of the most productive and pleasant collaborative projects in which I have been involved. Simon Barton would have been proud of this volume, not only for its scholarly and intellectual worth, but for what it represents: a collective endeavour from which we all learned, and by which we were inspired, while it brought us a step further in our journey of discovery both individually and collectively.
Antonella Liuzzo Scorpo
University of Lincoln
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DOI: 10.1163/9789004683754_001.
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