SC - A proliferation of venison

[Tara Sersen]

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> From: 	Shari Burnham[SMTP:pndarvis at execpc.com]
> 
>  a response to this would actually help me greatly.  My younger sister
> would
> like a Spanish persona, more of an earlier period between 1000-1200, but I
> have
> a hard time finding reading materials on Spain in that time period that
> would
> not go over her head (she is 15) because of the PhD work behind them.  Can
> anyone recommend books, articles, etc, especially on living, that she
> could
> use.  i have heard some discussion on cookbooks that actually cross
> reference
> customs on this list, and since remembering that Spain was partially
> islamic,
> wondered about where to take a look?
> 
I would start with Cariadoc's Miscellany, accessible at:

http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cariadoc/miscellany.html

I would also root through Stefan's Florilegium at:

http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/rialto/rialto.html

In Search of the Cid by S. Cissold is available for about $8 from Barnes and
Noble.  It has some interesting historical background.

Other books you might look for are R. Fletcher, The Quest for El Cid, and D.
Nicolle, El Cid and the Reconquest, 1050 - 1492.  

The following I would try to get through the library due to expense.  These
are more scholarly and may prove boring to the younger reader, another
reason for letting the library find them.

Thomas F. Glick,  From Muslim Fortress to Christian Castle

Joseph F. O'Callaghan, A History of Medieval Spain

Simon Barton, Aristocracy in 12th Century Leon and Castile

Bernard F. Reilly, The Medieval Spains

I hope that will provide some assistance.

Bear


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