From Heaven to Earth

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The book explores a transformative period in Castile from the late twelfth to mid-fourteenth century, highlighting significant changes in societal values regarding sin, intercession, and the self. It examines how these shifts influenced perceptions of property and identity among various social groups, particularly among mercantile elites, affluent farmers, lower nobility, clerics, and literary figures. This emerging "middling sort" began to establish new norms, reflecting a radical reordering of mental, spiritual, and physical spaces in the region.