Abstract

During the Middle Ages the predominant Christian mentality
played a fundamental role in establishing the rules according to which both
personal and emotional connections between individuals, and the links between
humans and the supernatural, were forged. Considering this, the present study
will focus on a topic largely unexplored, the medieval Iberian interpretation of
friendship, which will be examined through the analysis of the thirteenth‐century
production ascribed to Alfonso X of Castile’s scriptorium. In particular, special
emphasis will be devoted to the Marian collection of the Cantigas de Santa María together with several references to the legal corpus of the Siete Partidas.