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Author Pinet, Simone, author.

Title The task of the cleric : cartography, translation, and economics in thirteenth-century Iberia / Simone Pinet.

Publication Info. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2016.

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "Composed in early thirteenth-century Iberia, the Libro de Alexandre was Spain's first vernacular version of the Romance of Alexander and the first poem in the corpus now known as the mester de clerecía. These learned works, written by clergy and connected with both school and court, were also tools for the articulation of sovereignty in an era of prolonged military and political expansion. In The Task of the Cleric, Simone Pinet considers the composition of the Libro de Alexandre in the context of cartography, political economy, and translation. Her discussion sheds light on how clerics perceived themselves and on the connections between literature and these other activities. Drawing on an extensive collection of early cartographic materials, much of it rarely considered in conjunction with the romance, Pinet offers an original and insightful view of the mester de clerecía and the changing role of knowledge and the clergy in thirteenth-century Iberia."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Introduction -- The cleric's compass -- Bricks and mortar -- Coins on the desk -- Afterword.
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Subject Libro de Alixandre.
Libro de Alixandre.
Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Romances -- History and criticism.
Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
Romances.
Libro de Alixandre.
Romances, Spanish -- History and criticism.
Romances, Spanish.
Geography and literature -- Iberian Peninsula -- History -- 13th century.
Geography and literature.
Europe -- Iberian Peninsula.
History.
Chronological Term 13th century
Subject Cartography -- Iberian Peninsula -- History -- 13th century.
Cartography.
Politics and literature -- Iberian Peninsula -- History -- 13th century.
Politics and literature.
Economics and literature -- Iberian Peninsula -- History -- 13th century.
Economics and literature.
Clergy -- Iberian Peninsula -- History -- 13th century.
Clergy.
Iberian Peninsula -- Literatures -- Translations -- History and criticism.
Translations.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Pinet, Simone. Task of the cleric. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2016 9781442649934 (OCoLC)928487510
ISBN 9781442621817 (electronic book)
1442621818 (electronic book)
9781442649934
1442649933