ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE AND ITS SCULPTURAL DECORATION IN CHRISTIAN SPAIN,

The decades following the year 1000 marked a watershed in the history of the Iberian Peninsula when the balance of power shifted fro m Muslims to Christians. During this crucial period of religious and political change, Romanesque churches were constructed for the first time in Spain. Romanesque Architecture and Its Sculptural Decoration in Christian Spain, 1000-1120 examines how the financial patronage of newly empowered local rulers allowed Romanesque architecture and sculptural decoration to significantly redefine the cu ltural.