Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

Finimedieval

English translation:

Late medieval

Added to glossary by broca
May 18, 2019 18:49
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Spanish term

Finimedieval

Spanish to English Social Sciences History
"LAS COMPRAS DE PIEDRA PARA LA OBRA DE UN EDIFICIO FINIMEDIEVAL: SANTA MARÍA DE LA VICTORIA DE EL PUERTO DE SANTA MARÍA (1522-1528)"

Title of article for a History journal. Sorry I have no more context.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +7 Late medieval

Discussion

Charles Davis May 18, 2019:
Finimedieval / tardomedieval This refers to a building so late that it is stretching a point considerably to call it medieval at all. By 1500 we are already in the Renaissance or Early Modern period. The use of this term presumably reflects the fact that the building was in an archaic "medieval" (Gothic) style, so calling it an "edificio renacentista", though correct chronologically, would be inappropriate in stylistic terms.

"Finimedieval" is not quite the same as "tardomedieval". The latter means late-medieval, that is, belonging to the Late Middle Ages, which is the term historians use for the period roughly from 1250 to 1500 (the Baja Edad Media in Spanish). "Finimedieval" normally means very end of that subdivision: the fifteenth century. A more accurate translation would be "of/at the (very) end of the Middle Ages", but that would be a awkward here, in the title, and I would stretch a point and use "late-medieval". In isolation it would be a bit misleading, since it normally suggests a building up to 250 years earlier than this, but since the dates are given there's no harm done.
Juan Jacob May 18, 2019:
Fini/medieval = de finales de la Edad Media, quiero suponer.

Proposed translations

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Late medieval

I think some might consider dates in the 1520's just in the late medieval period.
Peer comment(s):

agree Juan Jacob : Debe ser.
0 min
agree neilmac
15 mins
agree Muriel Vasconcellos
35 mins
agree Adolfo Fulco
3 hrs
agree Charles Davis : I think that on balance I would use this (it needs to be hyphenated in this context), since we don't really have a word for "finimedieval".
3 hrs
agree JohnMcDove
4 hrs
agree Michele Fauble
9 hrs
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