Tag Archives: Cantigas de Santa Maria

cantigas: all the news is fit to illuminate

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Dave

Alfonso, the Learned of Castille. A Renaissance man in the Middle Ages, he marshaled the talents of Christians, Jews, and Moslems in an outpouring of scholarship and art… Whether the Moorish tradition influenced the music of the cantigas is a … Continue reading →

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santa maria: cantiga of the bad and bawdy

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Dave

But the most astounding of all his books are the superbly illustrated manuscripts of the Cantigas de Santa Maria- the royal collection of poems in praise of the Virgin, which is one of the great art treasures of the Middle … Continue reading →

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the “el sabio” of castile

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Dave

Alfonso, the Learned of Castile as he was known. Perhaps the first known Renaissance man in the Middle Ages, he marshaled the talents of Christians, Jews and Moslems in an extraordinary outpouring of scholarship and art… …The most astonishing of … Continue reading →

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the learned of castille

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Dave

Alfonso. The learned of Castile. A Renaissance man in the Middle Ages, he marshaled the talents of Christians,Jews, and Moslems in an extraordinary outpouring of scholarship and art…. “He has such a passion for knowledge that all the good, learned … Continue reading →

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LAST VIBRATIONS

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Dave

As long as the many war campaigns of the twelfth century were conducted on a reasonably friendly footing they brought no intolerable hardship to the people who dwelled in the shadow of the castles. But early in the thirteenth century … Continue reading →

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ANARCHIES OF THE FLESH

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Dave

The troubadour epoch was the twelfth century and they both extolled existing values and created new ones in song and verse. For a lady’s husband to become actively jealous was considered both doltish and dishonorable, a breach of the spirit … Continue reading →

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