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Art and Identities in Medieval Spain

This course investigates the material cultures of medieval Spain, with a strong emphasis on architecture.

It provides a survey of sites, objects, methodologies and issues for those working on this little studied area from c.711 to 1391, concentrating on the relationship between the peninsula's most important confessional groups: Jews, Christians and Muslims.

At the heart of this course is the question of identities, both geographical and confessional, and how they were articulated in the buildings and objects of medieval Spain.

Detail from an image of a Jewish cantor reading the Passover story in al-Andalus, from a 14th century Spanish Haggadah

Module information

  • Module title
    Art and Identities in Medieval Spain
  • Module number
    HOA00001M
  • Convenor
    Tom Nickson

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