{"product_id":"task-of-the-cleric","title":"Task of the Cleric","description":"\u003cp\u003eComposed in early thirteenth-century Iberia, the \u003cem\u003eLibro de Alexandre\u003c\/em\u003e was Spain’s first vernacular version of the Romance of Alexander and the first poem in the corpus now known as the \u003cem\u003emester de clerecía\u003c\/em\u003e. These learned works, written by clergy and connected with both school and court, were also tools for the articulation of sovereignty in an era of prolonged military and political expansion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Task of the Cleric\u003c\/em\u003e, Simone Pinet considers the composition of the \u003cem\u003eLibro de Alexandre\u003c\/em\u003e in the context of cartography, political economy, and translation. Her discussion sheds light on how clerics perceived themselves and on the connections between literature and these other activities. Drawing on an extensive collection of early cartographic materials, much of it rarely considered in conjunction with the romance, Pinet offers an original and insightful view of the \u003cem\u003emester de clerecía\u003c\/em\u003e and the changing role of knowledge and the clergy in thirteenth-century Iberia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54228519879000,"sku":"9781442649934","price":63.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781442649934__67aca47f5c626.jpg?v=1741135337","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/task-of-the-cleric","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}