The Arts of Encounter: Christians, Muslims, and the Power of Images in Early Modern Spain
Catherine Infante, "The Arts of Encounter: Christians, Muslims, and the Power of Images in Early Modern Spain "
English | ISBN: 1487509308 | 2022 | 264 pages | PDF | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 1487509308 | 2022 | 264 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Images of crosses, the Virgin Mary, and Christ, among other devotional objects, pervaded nearly every aspect of public and private life in early modern Spain, but they were also a point of contention between Christian and Muslim cultures. Writers of narrative fiction, theatre, and poetry were attuned to these debates, and religious imagery played an important role in how early modern writers chose to portray relations between Christians and Muslims.
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