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When the main Mediterranean powers – Carthage and particularly Rome (third c. BCE) – intervened in the peninsula, there were two major linguistic zones: a zone inhabited by tribes who did not speak Indo-European languages, known as “Iberians”, which extended along the coast from lower Andalusia to Languedoc and inland as far as the mid ...
During the medieval period, peoples of three faiths—Islam, Christianity, and Judaism—inhabited this land, undertaking sustained and intensive interactions that proved especially fruitful for the visual arts.
Aug 18, 2019 · When these elements got fused with the native Iberian peoples, a new identity was formed and it was formidable. One example is the Iberian falcata – a formidable weapon iconic to the pre-Roman Iberia, a fusion of Celtic sickle-blade designs and the indigenous weapons. This weapon is today a common trademark sign of the Celtiberians. Iberian ...
This chapter examines the geographical, conceptual, and spiritual boundaries between Christendom and Islam in the middle ages, focussing on Iberia and the Levant. It notes that the demarcated divisions on modern maps may mislead us: medieval people did not conceive of the separation of faith and space in such clearly bounded ways.
Feb 11, 2021 · Physical map of Portugal in the Iberian Peninsula showing the major physical features. The Iberian Peninsula is a largely mountainous region, with several mountain systems. The Pyrenees mountain range is located at the border between Spain and France. Aneto, the highest mountain in the Pyrenees, is located in Spain. The Cantabrian Mountains ...
May 9, 2016. medieval studies. Iberian Peninsula. Spain. Paganism. Christianity. History. cultural studies. How Christian, or how Pagan, was the Iberian Peninsula in the Middle Ages? And how do we go about answering this question? To do so we need both to define terms and to identify the evidence.
EARLY MEDIEVAL IBERIA. Although early medieval Spain and Portugal may seem to stretch the definition of the "barbarian world" considerably—from the point of view of contemporaries they were perhaps one of the most "civilized" parts of the Western world at the time—they provide an interesting view of the transformation of the classical tradition as it merged with other cultures and ...
