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The last times of the presence of the Jews in the Hispanic kingdoms: from the persecutions of 1391 to the expulsion of 1492

Reflection on the importance of the presence of the Jewish people in the Iberian Peninsula between the 4th and 15th centuries, from the communities attested in the Late Antique period to their fundamental role in late medieval Hispanic society, also giving special relevance to the recent results provided by archaeological research.

December 1, 2022

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Forms of knowledge. The liberal arts in the cathedral cloister of Salamanca

The University of Salamanca, like other European centres, was constituted before the process of royal concession of c. 1218, so that the knowledge preserved in the cloisters would be the seed of the cultural recomposition.
In addition to the books identified and other elements that provide information on the cultural universe in which the protagonists who would eventually make up the Estudio General de Salamanca moved, it is the preserved sculptural representations that confirm the relevance of the knowledge within its walls, by recognising the personification of the Liberal Arts in several Romanesque capitals in its battered cloister.
According to what has been analysed to date, these are the most remote figurations located on the Peninsula, a milestone in close agreement with those observed in the rest of Europe.
These cultural manifestations confirm that, prior to the foundation of the Studio, a powerful and highly qualified cultural elite existed in the Cathedral during the 12th and 13th centuries and that knowledge was given great importance.

December 1, 2022


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Proposals for a reconstruction and interpretation of the south doorway of Jaca Cathedral

The southern doorway of Jaca Cathedral is much less well known than the western entrance to the church, with its famous chrism and inscriptions. However, it was one of the first historiated doorways in the Romanesque style in the Iberian Peninsula. The alterations suffered over the centuries and the loss of original elements have undoubtedly contributed to this historiographical neglect.
A hypothesis for the reconstruction of the ensemble, based on the study of components still in situ and other decontextualised elements, will make it possible to highlight its singularities and propose new keys for reading its images. In this sense, the cathedral doorway is revealed as an important milestone in the creation of visual discourses and the configuration of entrance typologies at the end of the 11th century.

December 1, 2022


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Los Hitos (Arisgotas -Orgaz-, Toledo). From aristocratic pavilion to “uillula”

The archaeological site of Los Hitos (Arisgotas -Orgaz-, Toledo) is an important rural and sacred complex related to the Late Antique elites of the capital of Toledo. The archaeological and documentary records reveal the process of monumentalisation of Toledo and its territory throughout the 7th century, and allow us to understand the collapse of the Roman territorial model based on uillae (e.g. Carranque), and its replacement by a genuine Visigothic model in which monastic, sacred and funerary complexes, as in the case of Los Hitos, constituted new references in territorial planning. The architecture documented in this area is particularly valuable in this sense and context and, consequently, served to transform the image of the cities, territories and landscapes linked to kings, aristocracies and religious elites.

December 1, 2022

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The irradiation of power from Toledo, capital of the Visigothic kingdom

5th Seminar on Medieval Archaeology, Art and History. Irradiation of power from Toledo in the Visigothic period, presenting a multidisciplinary reflection on the most significant archaeological research and excavations carried out in recent years.

December 1, 2022

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The Nasrid citadel of Salobreña (Granada): architecture at the service of power

Following organisational models that are well documented in Andalusian citadels, the Salobreña citadel is divided into three enclosures that had very different uses. The layout of the three gates that mark its perimeter corresponds to a very sophisticated design for the relationship and control of the surrounding territory: the port, the medina and the countryside. Inside, there is a complex system of checkpoints designed to guarantee maximum security, especially that of the enclosure at the top of the mountain, which is none other than the palatine area. In the latter we can identify the very scant remains of the main residence and a tower-qubba which, in addition to housing the throne room, served to stage Nasrid power in front of the jetty at its foot. Attached to the palace and at a lower level, we have exhumed a bath that conserved part of its original glazed floor tiles. The remains of both buildings are sufficient to affirm that their articulation and the presence of the tower-qubba correspond to the existing model in the palace of Comares in the Alhambra.

December 1, 2022

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Iconotropy. Symbolic and material alterations of the ancient and medieval cult image

I Seminar on the ancient and medieval cult image. Iconotropy is a word of Greek origin that literally means “movement/change of the image”. According to William J. Hamblin (2007), iconotropy is the cultural phenomenon whereby there is an “accidental or deliberate misinterpretation by one culture of the images or myths of another, especially to bring them into accord with the first culture”. Thus, both in the classical culture of antiquity and in medieval culture, we can identify numerous testimonies of how – on a symbolic and material level – cult images were involved in processes of misinterpretation produced by another culture. The international seminar “Iconotropy: symbolic and material alterations of the ancient and medieval cult image” aims to revitalise studies on the ancient and medieval cult image based on the concept of “iconotropy” (movement/change of the image), and to show researchers and students how the subject can still be approached from a multidisciplinary and innovative perspective that allows common denominators to be reached in defining the symbolic and material changes of these images in different chronologies, epochs and mentalities.

December 1, 2022

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The religiosity of the Iberian peoples in the Late Epoch in the mirror of their sanctuaries

The Low Period of Iberian Culture, 40 years later. Symposium commemorating the 50th anniversary of the AEAA.

December 1, 2022

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