Crossing Cultural Boundaries: Saint George in the Eastern Mediterranean under the Latinokratia (13th-14th c.) and his mythification in the Crown of Aragon

Manuel Castiñeiras

Crossing Cultural Boundaries: Saint George in the Eastern Mediterranean under the Latinokratia (13th-14th c.) and his mythification in the Crown of Aragon

Manuel Castiñeiras

Departamento de Arte y de Musicología

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El culto de San Jorge en el Mediterráneo Oriental es uno de los ejemplos más extraordinarios de cohabitación entre diferentes comunidades religiosas. Durante mucho tiempo, griegos ortodoxos, latinos y musulmanes compartieron santuarios dedicados al guerrero capadocio en lugares muy distintos. Este fenómeno aborda dos aspectos del culto -el intercultural y el transcultural- que deberían considerarse por separado. Mi artículo se centra principalmente en el valor inter‐cultural del culto y la iconografía de San Jorge en Grecia continental e insular durante la época latina (siglos XIII‐XIV). En este ámbito, nos enfrentamos al mismo fenómeno con contradicciones similares a las encontradas en Turquía o Palestina, donde George fue compartido por diferentes comunidades, pero también podría servir para fortalecer la identidad de un grupo étnico particular. Venecianos, Francos, Genoveses, Catalanes y Griegos (Ῥωμαῖοι) buscaron la protección de San Jorge, y en este proceso intentaron apropiarse física o figurativamente su imagen. Sin embargo, con el fin de obtener una mejor comprensión de la peculiar situación en Grecia franco-palaeóloga, es necesario analizar primero el uso de las imágenes de San Jorge por parte de la dinastía palaeológica (1261‐1453). Más tarde, consideraremos esto en relación al culto y a la representación del santo en una serie de obras de arte y monumentos en Grecia franca y catalana. Esto último nos permite interrogar con mayor precisión el significado del antiguo culto de San Jorge en la Corona de Aragón y evaluar las consecuencias del reinado de Grecia para el florecimiento de su iconografía en el arte gótico tardío.

Idioma original	Inglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)	1-56
Número de páginas	56
Publicación	Arts
Volumen	9 (3)
N.º	95
Estado	Publicada - 2020

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Byzantine Art
Latinokratia
Medieval Greece
Art of the Crown of Aragon
Iconography of Saint George
Byzantine Warrior Saints
Palaleogian Art
Saint George
Medieval Mediterranean
Chivalry
Ethnic identity

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Crossing Cultural Boundaries: Saint George in the Eastern Mediterranean under the Latinokratia (13th-14th c.) and his mythification in the Crown of Aragon

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