Julio ESCALONA MONGE, Álvaro CARVAJAL CASTRO y Cristina JULAR PÉREZ-ALFARO (eds.)
Conflict, Language, and Social Practice in Medieval Societies. Selected Essays of Isabel Alfonso, with Commentaries
The Medieval Countryside, vol. 24.
Turnhout, Brepols, 2023, 700 págs.
ISBN: 978-2-503-60389-6
Isabel Alfonso es una de las mejores estudiosas de la historia rural y política de la Edad Media europea. Es ampliamente conocida por sus contribuciones al estudio del campesinado, el conflicto social y los discursos políticos. Su investigación ha trascendido los límites de los estudios medievales, incorporando ideas de disciplinas más allá de la antropología legal, la filología y el análisis del discurso, entre otras. A lo largo de su carrera académica, Isabel Alfonso ha hecho un esfuerzo continuo para dar a conocer el trabajo de académicos internacionales en España y para comunicar los avances de la historiografía española a audiencias internacionales; y, sin embargo, la mayor parte de su propia investigación solo se ha publicado en español. Como un medio para reconocer su compromiso de larga data para unir diferentes historiografías y superar las fronteras nacionales, este inusual festschrift ofrece una selección de sus publicaciones más relevantes, muchas de las cuales aparecen en inglés por primera vez. Cada artículo está precedido por comentarios de destacados académicos que discuten la relevancia perdurable del trabajo de Isabel Alfonso, su riqueza y complejidad, y su potencial para inspirar más investigaciones a lo largo de una amplia gama de líneas.
Comentarios de Jean Birrell, François Bougard, Warren Brown, Peter Coss, Wendy Davies, Chris Dyer, Ros Faith, François Foronda, Paul Freedman, Piotr Gorécki, John Hudson, André Evangelista Marques, Jesús Rodríguez-Velasco, Phillipp Schofield, Stephen D. White, Chris Wickham.
TABLA DE CONTENIDOS
Abbreviations, Foreword
- Introduction: Dealing with the Past, Dealing with the Present: Yet another talk with Isabel Alfonso
Part I: Medieval Minds: Language and Concepts
Chapter 1: On Friendship, with a Commentary by François Foronda
- Amicitia: Early Writings, a Revelation, and the Identity of a Historian
- On Amicitia in Medieval Spain: A Document that Merits Study
Chapter 2: On the Language and Practice of Negotiation, with a Commentary by Wendy Davies
- Commentary
- The Language and Practice of Negotiation in Medieval Conflict Resolution (Castile-León, Eleventh-Thirteenth Centuries)
Chapter 3: On Judicial Rhetoric and Political Legitimation, with a Commentary by John Hudson
- Justice, Power, and Legitimation
- Judicial Rhetoric and Political Legitimation in Medieval León-Castile
Chapter 4: On Memory and Identity, with a Commentary by Piotr Górecki
- Words, Again…
- Memory and Identity in Judicial pesquisas in Medieval Leon-Castile
Chapter 5: Two Approaches to Justice and Vengeance, with a Commentary by Stephen D. White
- Commentary
- Vengeance, Justice, and Political Struggle in Castilian Medieval Historiography
- Vengeance and Justice in the Poem of the Cid
Part II: Community Ties and Social Differenciation 200
Chapter 6: On Social Differentiation in Rural Communities, with a Commentary by Christopher Dyer
- Middlemen and Intermediaries in Medieval Village Society
- Local Power and Internal Differentiation in the Rural Communities of Galicia
Chapter 7: On Social Differentiation within Rural Communities, with a Commentary by Phillipp R. Schofield
- Commentary
- Exploring Difference within Rural Communities in the Northern Iberian Kingdoms, 1000–1300
Part III: Conflict and Competition: from Local Disputes to Political Struggles
Chapter 8: On Violence, with a Commentary by André Evangelista Marques
- The Social Logic of Vengeance: Towards a Reading of Isabel Alfonso’s Work on Conflict Resolution
- Death without Vengeance? The Regulation of Violence in Local Settings (Castile-León 13th c.)
Chapter 9: On Peasants and the Law, with a Commentary by Paul Freedman
- The Historiography of Peasant Resistance to Seigneurial Authority
- Peasants and the Law: Legal Avenues in their Struggle (Castile and León, 10th-13th Centuries)
Chapter 10: On Rural Churches and Peasant Struggles, with a Commentary by Chris Wickham
- On Rural Churches and Peasant Struggles
- Rural Churches in the North of Castile: A Religious Dimension to Peasant Struggles during the Middle Ages
Chapter 11: Two Anthropological Approaches to Peasants and Lords, with Commentaries by Jean Birrell and Rosamond Faith
- A Commentary on ‘Peasant Opposition to Labour Services’ and ‘The Rhetoric of Seigneurial Legitimation’
- Pacts, Conventions and Contracts between Lords and Peasants in Anglo-Norman England
- Peasant Opposition to Labour Services in Castile and León. Forms and Symbolic Significance
- The Rhetoric of Seigneurial Legitimation in the Fueros of León (11th to 13th centuries)
Chapter 12: On Punishment and Exemplary Violence, with a Commentary by Warren C. Brown
- Commentary
- Corpus Delicti and Exemplary Violence
Chapter 13: On Disputes and Wrongdoings, with a Commentary by François Bougard
- Written Disputes: Just the Tip of the Iceberg
- Land Disputes and malfetrías among the Medieval Nobility in Castile and León
Chapter 14: On Revolting Noblemen, with a Commentary by François Foronda
- Questioning the Evidence: Political History and Social Mentality
- Desheredamiento and Desafuero, or the Alleged Justification of a Revolt of the Nobility
Part IV: Historians’ Minds. Concepts, Language and Debates
Chapter 15: On Cistercians and Feudalism, with a Commentary by Peter Coss
- Commentary
- Cistercians and Feudalism
Chapter 16: Three Review Articles, with a Commentary by Jesús Rodríguez Velasco
- How to Read
- Continuity and Documentary Revelation, or Mutation and Feudal Revolution?
- Historical Discourse as History
- Naming Violence and Controlling its Legitimation
Appendix: Full List of Publications by Isabel Alfonso