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The arts of intimacy
"The Arts of Intimacy is the story of Iberia's medieval cities - Cordoba, Seville, and above all Toledo - from the eleventh through the fourteenth centuries, a watershed in the making of a world recognizably our own. This illustrated book presents a dynamic vision of medieval Castilian culture and the Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin traditions that intertwined to create it." "The study of the arts, architecture, and literature of nascent Castile reveals what church synods and political charters have been careful to hide: that profound interaction takes place beneath the shroud of political rivalry and religious difference, and that Castilian Christian culture is forged in the many intimacies of Christians, Jews, and Muslims. In the end, The Arts of Intimacy reveals the extent to which Castilian identity is deeply rooted in the experience of confrontation, interaction, and at times union...
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