De la iglesia carismatica a la iglesia institucional: El mundo cultural del "Libro de buen amor"
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Title
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De la iglesia carismatica a la iglesia institucional: El mundo cultural del "Libro de buen amor"
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Identifier
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d_2009_2013:ffabcafaec87:11692
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identifier
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12302
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Creator
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Estrada, John J.,
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Contributor
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Ottavio Di Camillo
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Date
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2013
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Language
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Spanish
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Medieval literature | Romance literature | Religious history
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Abstract
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Juan Ruiz's Libro de buen amor (LBA) is probably the most outstanding work of Medieval Castilian literature. One of its defining characteristics is the complexity of the many layered themes, as well as their relationships with the philosophical, theological, doctrinal and legal debates of the first half of the XIV century, the period in which the author lived and wrote. Several short episodes of the work are rewritings in vernacular language of classical and Medieval Latin literary texts. Though the work was written between the year 1330 and 1343, according to the dates of the two oldest manuscripts, the name of the author, as indicated in the text, is still shrouded in mystery. Just as enigmatic, however, seems to be the meaning of the "Libro" for the modern critic, since the interpretations that have been proposed have given rise to many controversies. At the root of these contrasting views and assumptions there is a general unawareness of the true doctrinal concerns that an Archpriest of the time might have had. Because of the ahistorical approaches to the many problems posed by the LBA, I have tried to examine the profound transformations that the Church was undergoing at this time and how the author's thinking was being shaped by the ongoing religious changes.;The aim of this dissertation is to trace the historical developments of the Catholic Church from its imprecise charismatic beginnings, to prove that, by the first half of fourteenth-century Castile, (when the LBA was composed) the church was still in the process of consolidation as a legal, doctrinal and political institution. By identifying the philosophical and theological issues discussed in the book, I have tried to analyze their meaning in accordance with the ongoing elaboration of the Christian doctrines and moral teachings, as taught and practiced by the clergy of the time.;With regard to the learning and ideas of the author, our examination of the text provides sufficient evidence to show an active intellectual participation in the doctrinal and cultural life of Castile in many of its various manifestations. What is clear is that he professes full obedience to the papacy and the ecclesiastical legislations. His learning, however, is not limited to civil and canonical issues of his day, it also extends to the art of poetry and other literary endeavors. The picture that emerges from our study is not that of a "clerigo ajuglarado" but that of a committed intellectual dedicated to the spread of his convictions.;We arrived at this conclusion through an analysis of the doctrinal decrees and legislations meant to assure the conflict government of the church and the salvation of all Christians. Equally important, was to trace the interrelationship of the Castilian Kings (los alfonsies) with the Church, and their reactions to the contrasting interpretations of the Church authority. Castile was also involved with the Avignon papacy. The ensuing struggles in the Church's government, that would last for more than a century, were to reappear in the writings of the intellectuals of the time; their conceptions of orthodoxy, dissidence and heterodoxy were ambiguous. It was within this context that the author of the LBA expressed the legal, doctrinal, philosophical and theological conflicts of his time. His intent was to subsume these controversies into the clarity of his personal vision.
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dissertation
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Source
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2009_2013.csv
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Hispanic & Luso Brazilian Literatures & Languages
