RT Journal Article
T1 Touching the Magdalene: The Cult of Mary Magdalene in Iberia during the Central Middle Ages
T2 Tocando a la Magdalena: el culto de María Magdalena en Iberia durante la Edad Media plena
A1 Senra Gabriel Y Galán, José Luis
A2 International Center of Medieval Art, University of Chicago
AB The cult of Mary Magdalene came relatively late to northwestern Iberia, after having been dispersed through the rest of continental Europe in the early Middle Ages. The earliest evidence for the cult comes from the kingdoms of León, Castile, and Galicia in the second half of the eleventh century, during the reign of Alfonso VI (r. 1065/72–1109). His promotion of the Gregorian reform opened up Iberia to the rest of the Continent. The arrival of a more complex liturgical sensibility led to the restructuring of pre-Romanesque architectural spaces through the use of iconography and powerful visual dialectics unprecedented in local culture. This article considers the staging of the figure of Mary Magdalene in León-Castile-Galicia in some of the most important architectural landmarks that have survived to this day, from Santiago de Compostela to Silos.
PB The University of Chicago Press Journals
SN 0016-920X
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/100103
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/100103
LA eng
NO Senra, José Luis. «Touching the Magdalene: The Cult of Mary Magdalene in Iberia in the Central Middle Ages». Gesta 62, n.o 2 (1 de septiembre de 2023): 219-41. https://doi.org/10.1086/726039.
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 16 abr 2025