| Queen as King: Politics and Architectural Propaganda in Twelfth-Century Spain Contributor(s): Martin, Therese (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004152970 ISBN-13: 9789004152977 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $201.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2006 Annotation: This study traces the history of San Isidoro in Lesn from a small eleventh-century palatine chapel housed in a double monastery to a great twelfth-century pilgrimage church. Its most groundbreaking contribution to the history of art is the recovery of the lost patronage of Queen Urraca (reigned 1109-1126). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - Architecture | Buildings - Religious |
| Dewey: 726.509 |
| LCCN: 2006047549 |
| Series: Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World |
| Physical Information: 1.12" H x 6.5" W x 9.56" (2.01 lbs) 408 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Queen as King traces the origins of San Isidoro in Le n as a royal monastic complex, following its progress as the site changed from a small eleventh-century palatine chapel housed in a double monastery to a great twelfth-century pilgrimage church served by Augustinian canons. Its most groundbreaking contribution to the history of art is the recovery of the lost patronage of Queen Urraca (reigned 1109-1126). Urraca maintained yet subverted her family's tradition of patronage on the site: to understand her history is to hold the key to the art and architecture of San Isidoro. This new approach to San Isidoro and its patronage allows a major Romanesque monument to be understood more fully than before. |