{"product_id":"the-cantigas-de-santa-maria-henry-t-drummond-9780197670590","title":"The Cantigas de Santa Maria: Power and Persuasion at the Alfonsine Court","description":"Alfonso X (1221-84) ruled over the Crown of Castile from 1252 until his death. Known as \"the Wise,\" he oversaw the production of a wealth of literature in his scriptorium. One of the most impressive of these literary outputs is the collection of songs known as the \u003cem\u003eCantigas de Santa Maria\u003c\/em\u003e, which by most counts comprises 429 songs preserved in four manuscripts. The miracle songs (or \u003cem\u003ecantigas de miragre\u003c\/em\u003e) form the focus of this book. While the \u003cem\u003eCantigas\u003c\/em\u003e have been the subject of much scholarly attention, only a handful of studies have looked at the repertory through an interdisciplinary lens. Fewer still have probed how the \u003cem\u003eCantigas\u003c\/em\u003e use the power of song as a communicative medium, one that functions as a social tool within the erudite environment of the Alfonsine court. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book offers a new perspective to the song collection, probing how the \u003cem\u003eCantigas\u003c\/em\u003e use their music and text, together with rhetorical devices, to communicate with their desired audience. Author Henry T. Drummond builds upon previous methodologies, adopting a novel and holistic assessment of the songs' melodies, poetic features, and narrative logic to assess a wide selection of songs. He presents a nuanced understanding of a song form that effectively conveys its narratives to its listeners via a diverse combination of tools, embracing medieval rhetoric, rhyme-based play, and song's inherent ludic potential. Such devices, Drummond argues, allow for the \u003cem\u003eCantigas\u003c\/em\u003e to loom large as propaganda pieces, designed to dignify Alfonso X through an elaborately devised courtly ritual.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry T. Drummond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0197670598\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197670590\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 6.40w x 1.10d","brand":"Henry T. Drummond","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45482605478143,"sku":"9780197670590","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_258f9e65-b895-4e67-bb20-354b92164a26.jpg?v=1715999026","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-cantigas-de-santa-maria-henry-t-drummond-9780197670590","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}