La Península Ibérica y el mundo transpirenaico: analizando transformaciones culturales a través de las representaciones de indumentaria y técnicas de equitación en los manuscritos iluminados

Abstract

Images preserved in medieval manuscripts can provide invaluable insights not only into the artistic and technical developments of a past society but also into its culture and identity. They are crucial forms of evidence for the examination of cultural and social change when documentary and archaeological sources are scarce. This article examines the representations of dress and horsemanship in illuminated manuscripts produced in the Iberian Peninsula from the 10 to the 13 century and explores how they shed light onto critical cultural shifts across the period. It discusses how the transformations observed in the treatment of these elements refl ect the accommodation of new trends into Iberian visual and material culture as a consequence of the intensifi cation of the political and ecclesiastical connections between the Peninsula and the trans-Pyrenean world.