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El decir «Señor rey, vuestra noticia» de Páez de Ribera y el romance fronterizo «Ben Zulema y Narváez» (IGR 0786) recrean la misma llamada de alerta a los cristianos para defenderse contra la algara musulmana del primero de mayo de 1424,... more
El decir «Señor rey, vuestra noticia» de Páez de Ribera y el romance fronterizo «Ben Zulema y Narváez» (IGR 0786) recrean la misma llamada de alerta a los cristianos para defenderse contra la algara musulmana del primero de mayo de 1424, en las afueras de Antequera. Se puede suponer que los autores conocieron los datos de la algara y la respuesta bélica de los cristianos de fuentes orales, ya que los textos poéticos preceden a las fuentes cronísticas, a lo que debe sumarse la existencia de un monolito conmemorativo de la victoria cristiana y la celebración de las fiestas de Antequera con igual finalidad. Al comparar el decir y el romance, observamos diferencias entre la versificación y la selección narrativa que nos permiten reflexionar sobre el proceso de composición poética erudita, y cómo los condicionantes del género y la autoría trasforman la percepción de los hechos. La poesía erudita moraliza la animalidad del hecho histórico, una victoria que dependía no del valor del soldad...
Research Interests: Humanities, Art, Renaissance Humanism, Animal Studies, Ecocriticism, and 12 moreMedieval Spanish Literature, Romancero, Cattle Raiding, Metrics and Prosody, Spanish poetry, Antequera, Juan II de Castilla, Páez de Ribera, Ben Zulmea y Narváez, romance fronterizo, La Batalla de la Matanza, and Rodrigo Narváez
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This article considers what has traditionally been called 'orality' in the oldest section of the oldest Icelandic law code, the , revising outdated, romantic notions of a universal, poetic, pan-Germanic origin for the . This... more
This article considers what has traditionally been called 'orality' in the oldest section of the oldest Icelandic law code, the , revising outdated, romantic notions of a universal, poetic, pan-Germanic origin for the . This article begins to describe a poetics of oral law which takes into account performance, pragmatics, syntax and a cross-cultural study of law without abandoning the philological tradition of literary studies. The most recent theories of orality break down the hard distinction between orality and literacy, revise the notion of oral formula, and challenge the distinction between verse and prose. Having redefined basic concepts such as orality and law, we conclude that the certainly shows a relationship to oral uses of law even as we affirm that the is a modern law code born of a written tradition.
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This article considers what has traditionally been called 'orality' in the oldest section of the oldest Icelandic law code, the , revising outdated, romantic notions of a universal, poetic, pan-Germanic origin for the . This... more
This article considers what has traditionally been called 'orality' in the oldest section of the oldest Icelandic law code, the , revising outdated, romantic notions of a universal, poetic, pan-Germanic origin for the . This article begins to describe a poetics of oral law which takes into account performance, pragmatics, syntax and a cross-cultural study of law without abandoning the philological tradition of literary studies. The most recent theories of orality break down the hard distinction between orality and literacy, revise the notion of oral formula, and challenge the distinction between verse and prose. Having redefined basic concepts such as orality and law, we conclude that the certainly shows a relationship to oral uses of law even as we affirm that the is a modern law code born of a written tradition.
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Eight Spanish ballads feature cattle-raiding and a further seven ballads imply it. To explain the significance of this literary motif, the author of the present article briefly considers the historical and literary contexts of... more
Eight Spanish ballads feature cattle-raiding and a further seven ballads imply it. To explain
the significance of this literary motif, the author of the present article briefly considers the
historical and literary contexts of cattle-raiding. Cattle-raiding is a common theme in medieval Spanish literature and an important theme in world literature. The theme appears
in the belletristic of societies that fit certain ecological and economic patterns. Modern
anthropology confirms this, and southern Spain of the Late Middle Ages was no exception.
The ballad Caballeros de Moclín (IGR: 0810) is used for a brief comparative study of the theme and enquiry into the raison d’être of cattle-raiding in poetry. By way of conclusion, the
author offers several possible connections between ecology (material context) and poetry
as a way of exploring the meaning cattle-raiding as a motif.
the significance of this literary motif, the author of the present article briefly considers the
historical and literary contexts of cattle-raiding. Cattle-raiding is a common theme in medieval Spanish literature and an important theme in world literature. The theme appears
in the belletristic of societies that fit certain ecological and economic patterns. Modern
anthropology confirms this, and southern Spain of the Late Middle Ages was no exception.
The ballad Caballeros de Moclín (IGR: 0810) is used for a brief comparative study of the theme and enquiry into the raison d’être of cattle-raiding in poetry. By way of conclusion, the
author offers several possible connections between ecology (material context) and poetry
as a way of exploring the meaning cattle-raiding as a motif.
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Resumen El decir «Señor rey, vuestra noticia» de Páez de Ribera y el romance fronterizo «Ben Zulema y Narváez» (IGR 0786) recrean la misma llamada de alerta a los cristianos para defenderse contra la algara musulmana del primero de mayo... more
Resumen El decir «Señor rey, vuestra noticia» de Páez de Ribera y el romance fronterizo «Ben Zulema y Narváez» (IGR 0786) recrean la misma llamada de alerta a los cristianos para defenderse contra la algara musulmana del primero de mayo de 1424, en las afueras de Antequera. Se puede suponer que los autores conocieron los datos de la algara y la respuesta bélica de los cristianos de fuentes orales, ya que los textos poéticos preceden a las fuentes cronísticas, a lo que debe sumarse la existencia de un monolito conmemorativo de la victoria cristiana y la celebración de las fiestas de Antequera con igual finalidad. Al comparar el decir y el romance, observamos diferencias entre la versificación y la selección narrativa que nos permiten reflexionar sobre el proceso de composición poética erudita, y cómo los condicionantes del género y la autoría trasforman la percepción de los hechos. La poesía erudita moraliza la animalidad del hecho histórico, una victoria que dependía no del valor del soldado sino del instinto del ganado vacuno robado, que arrolló a sus captores musulmanes en una estampida provocada por mal olor. El decir transforma la temática del desorden animal que dio victoria a los cristianos en un alegato sobre el orden expresado explícita e implícitamente, en la versificación racional y el léxico filosófico de arraigo humanístico.
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This essay is an expansive (non-reductive) treatment of one poem of the Early Modern Spanish mystic San Juan de la Cruz, namely, Coplas del Mismo Hechas sobre un Éxtasis de Alta Contemplación. The refrain of this poem is a claim to... more
This essay is an expansive (non-reductive) treatment of one poem of the Early Modern Spanish mystic San Juan de la Cruz, namely, Coplas del Mismo Hechas sobre un Éxtasis de Alta Contemplación. The refrain of this poem is a claim to transcend all knowledge through an ineffable experience. As disciplinary walls tumble. this ineffable experience bears re-evaluation with evidence from experts in pertinent fields, such as cognitive science. A case is made that Juan's claim to know by unknowing is a feature of ordinary cognition, though perhaps his experience was an extreme case. As a corollary conclusion, it is observed that twentieth-century approaches to texts are quickly giving way to approaches that match the 'holistic', networked culture that characterizes contemporary society from Toledo to Taipei.
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This article considers the fourteenth-century treatise The Cloud of Unknowing as a description of instant, non-sensory cognition. The text has an ostensibly particular function as an instruction manual in Christian contemplation, but... more
This article considers the fourteenth-century treatise The Cloud of Unknowing as a description of instant, non-sensory cognition. The text has an ostensibly particular function as an instruction manual in Christian contemplation, but bears on a universal experience, that of quickly knowing without knowing how we know. To demonstrate the universality of quick knowing, the literary motif of instant knowing is briefly considered, and a survey of intuition and non-sensory cognition in cognitive science is sustained throughout. A case is made that the author-mystic’s experience of unknowing is not unrelated to some aspects of everyday cognition. A corollary argument is made that early religious and literary texts provide new meaning when viewed as ethnographically and empirically valuable (as opposed to recursive and indeterminate).
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Cattle raiding as a motif figures prominently in early Castilian literature. The author attempts to explain why by describing cattle raiding as symbol and practice. Cattle raiding is a master motif in early literature from Greek myth to... more
Cattle raiding as a motif figures prominently in early Castilian
literature. The author attempts to explain why by describing cattle
raiding as symbol and practice. Cattle raiding is a master motif in
early literature from Greek myth to the Bible to medieval
European epic to the early literature of Mexico. It is also a practice
associated with certain economic, ideological and ecological
conditions, not the least of which are scarcity, a political border
and arid zones. Information about cattle raiding in Castile is found
in legal documents (fueros), historical chronicles and in the poetic
record.
literature. The author attempts to explain why by describing cattle
raiding as symbol and practice. Cattle raiding is a master motif in
early literature from Greek myth to the Bible to medieval
European epic to the early literature of Mexico. It is also a practice
associated with certain economic, ideological and ecological
conditions, not the least of which are scarcity, a political border
and arid zones. Information about cattle raiding in Castile is found
in legal documents (fueros), historical chronicles and in the poetic
record.
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Modernity tends to view exile as unduly harsh punishment, and many modern states have abandoned its practice. However, in the European Middle Ages, exile was common and often temporary, a concomitant of infighting among the ruling elite,... more
Modernity tends to view exile as unduly harsh punishment, and many modern states have abandoned its practice. However, in the European Middle Ages, exile was common and often temporary, a concomitant of infighting among the ruling elite, and a natural alternative given their social infrastructure’s lack of alternative solutions for maladaptive behavior or for dealing with powerful men who have lost in the struggle for ruling power. Since exile involves the limits of the law, a truer view of exile provides a truer view of foundational legal concepts. The celebrated exile of the eleventh-century Castilian nobleman and conqueror of Valencia, Rodrigo Díaz, aka, El Cid, provides a good case for reconsidering notions of exile in their historical alterity, especially considering that all parties benefitted from his exile. A comparison of roughly contemporaneous legal documents with Rodrigo Díaz’ exile in a literary text and a Latin biography provide new insight about his exile, exile in general, and law in medieval Castile. Exile in medieval Castile makes it evident that exile points to that liminal space between competing interpretations, or systems of law.
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En este artículo examinamos el episodio de guerra entre cristianos en las Mocedades de Rodrigo: las cabalgadas de Gómez de Gormaz (padre de Jimena) y Diego Laínez (padre del Cid). El episodio comienza con el robo del ganado contra los... more
En este artículo examinamos el episodio de guerra entre cristianos en las Mocedades de Rodrigo: las cabalgadas de Gómez de Gormaz (padre de Jimena) y Diego Laínez (padre del Cid). El episodio comienza con el robo del ganado contra los Laínez, quienes se vengan quemando propiedades, robando ganado y llevando presos de Gormaz. Los editores de las Mocedades y otros estudiosos atribuyen el incidente al tipo de conflicto
típico de guerra entre clanes, pero el incidente es por fuerza ficticio. Ofrecemos una aclaración de este incidente de gesta: en la Historia Roderici, los moros hacen cabalgada contra Gormaz mientras Rodrigo Díaz es señor de Gormaz. Este se venga, robando mucho
ganado de los moros de Toledo. Basado en esto y en la Crónica de Castilla, sugerimos que los versos 280-289 (edición de Funes) de las MR es una trasformación literaria –típica de la epopeya– de la cabalgada, o incursión musulmana contra Gormaz del Cid.
típico de guerra entre clanes, pero el incidente es por fuerza ficticio. Ofrecemos una aclaración de este incidente de gesta: en la Historia Roderici, los moros hacen cabalgada contra Gormaz mientras Rodrigo Díaz es señor de Gormaz. Este se venga, robando mucho
ganado de los moros de Toledo. Basado en esto y en la Crónica de Castilla, sugerimos que los versos 280-289 (edición de Funes) de las MR es una trasformación literaria –típica de la epopeya– de la cabalgada, o incursión musulmana contra Gormaz del Cid.
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El robo de ganado figura en ocho romances fronterizos de forma explícita (y en siete más de forma implícita). Para explicar este motivo literario, en primer lugar se introduce el contexto histórico y el contexto literario del robo de... more
El robo de ganado figura en ocho romances fronterizos de forma explícita (y en siete más de forma implícita). Para explicar este motivo literario, en primer lugar se introduce el contexto histórico y el contexto literario del robo de ganado. Robar ganado es un tema recurrente en la literatura castellana medieval y un tema importante de la literatura universal. Los estudios antropológicos de cuatreros en las sociedades modernas sugieren que las similitudes culturales prevalecen entre los que practican el abigeato, y parece que la Andalucía bajomedieval cumple con estas pautas. El romance Caballeros de Moclín (IGR: 0810) sirve de ejemplo para un breve estudio comparativo de la temática y de la razón de ser de los romances que tematizan el abigeato. En la conclusión del artículo, se proponen unos posibles vínculos entre la ecología (el contexto material) y los romances para explicar por qué surge el tema.
Modernity tends to view exile as unduly harsh punishment, and many modern states have abandoned its practice. However, in the European Middle Ages, exile was common and often temporary, a concomitant of infighting among the ruling elite,... more
Modernity tends to view exile as unduly harsh punishment, and many modern states have abandoned its practice. However, in the European Middle Ages, exile was common and often temporary, a concomitant of infighting among the ruling elite, and a natural alternative given their social infrastructure’s lack of alternative solutions for maladaptive behavior or for dealing with powerful men who have lost in the struggle for ruling power. Since exile involves the limits of the law, a truer view of exile provides a truer view of foundational legal concepts. The celebrated exile of the eleventh-century Castilian nobleman and conqueror of Valencia, Rodrigo Diaz, aka, El Cid, provides a good case for reconsidering notions of exile in their historical alterity, especially considering that all parties benefitted from his exile. A comparison of roughly contemporaneous legal documents with Rodrigo Diaz’ exile in a literary text and a Latin biography provide new insight about his exile, exile in ge...
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... Neither of these two theories of Lambra's character reveal either Germanic or primitive traits. VI. ... 2 See, for example, Carolyn Bluestine's article on the Doppelgänger in Infantes , which argues that the Infantes... more
... Neither of these two theories of Lambra's character reveal either Germanic or primitive traits. VI. ... 2 See, for example, Carolyn Bluestine's article on the Doppelgänger in Infantes , which argues that the Infantes recapitulates ancient Indo-European myth. ...
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This article analyzes one motif related to the Old Norse-Icelandic character Bodvar Bjarki. The motif of the body double is analyzed in four extant witnesses to the Bjarki tradition. The motif is then compared to so-called out-of-body... more
This article analyzes one motif related to the Old Norse-Icelandic character Bodvar Bjarki. The motif of the body double is analyzed in four extant witnesses to the Bjarki tradition. The motif is then compared to so-called out-of-body experience, as fomulated in parapsychological studies, to provide new insights into this fascinating motif, which has been otherwise ignored or dismissed by literary
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Resumen: en este artículo examinamos el episodio de guerra entre cristianos en las Moce-dades de Rodrigo: las cabalgadas de Gómez de Gormaz (padre de Jimena) y Diego Laínez (padre del Cid). El episodio comienza con el robo del ganado... more
Resumen: en este artículo examinamos el episodio de guerra entre cristianos en las Moce-dades de Rodrigo: las cabalgadas de Gómez de Gormaz (padre de Jimena) y Diego Laínez (padre del Cid). El episodio comienza con el robo del ganado contra los Laínez, quienes se vengan quemando propiedades, robando ganado y llevando presos de Gormaz. Los editores de las Mocedades y otros estudiosos atribuyen el incidente al tipo de conflicto típico de guerra entre clanes, pero el incidente es por fuerza ficticio. Ofrecemos una acla-ración de este incidente de gesta: en la Historia Roderici, los moros hacen cabalgada contra Gormaz mientras Rodrigo Díaz es señor de Gormaz. Este se venga, robando mucho ganado de los moros de Toledo. Basado en esto y en la Crónica de Castilla, sugerimos que los versos 280-289 (edición de Funes) de las MR es una trasformación literaria-típica de la epopeya-de la cabalgada, o incursión musulmana contra Gormaz del Cid. Palabras claves: Mocedades de Rodrigo, robo de ganado, Gormaz, el Cid, Crónica de Cas-tilla. Abstract: This article takes a look at the conflict between Christians depicted in Las Mo-cedades de Rodrigo: the raid carried out by Gómez de Gormaz (Jimena's father) and the counter-raid by Diego Laínez (the Cid's father). The episode begins with the livestock raid against the Laínez, who take revenge burning property, and by capturing livestock and people. The editors and scholars of the Mocedades have characterized the incident as typical clan warfare; however, the incident is clearly fictitious. To clarify this incident in the cantar de gesta, we look at the Historia Roderici, in which there is a Moorish raid made against Gormaz while Rodrigo Díaz (the Cid) was lord of Gormaz. Based on this and the Crónica de Castilla, we conclude that lines 280-289 of the Mocedades (Funes' edition)