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Spain, 1157-1300: A Partible Inheritance / Edition 1

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ISBN-10:: 1444339753
ISBN-13:: 9781444339758
Pub. Date:: 04/18/2011
Publisher:: Wiley

ISBN-10:: 1444339753
ISBN-13:: 9781444339758
Pub. Date:: 04/18/2011
Publisher:: Wiley

Spain, 1157-1300: A Partible Inheritance / Edition 1

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Overview

Spain, 1157-1300 makes use of a vast body of primary and secondary source material to provide a balanced overview of a crucial period of Spanish as well as of European history.

Examines the most significant phase of Spanish mainland development
Considers the profound intellectual consequences of Christian advances into Islamic Spain
Explores the varying fortunes of the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon, and focuses on the reign of the learned Alfonso X of Castile
Utilizes the vast body of primary and secondary source material published over the past 30 years

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ISBN-13:	9781444339758
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	04/18/2011
Series:	A History of Spain
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Peter Linehan is Fellow and Dean of St John’s College, Cambridge, Fellow of the British Academy, and Corresponding Member of the Spanish Academy of History.

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Preface ix

Chronology xii

List of Abbreviations xv

Tree showing some of those mentioned in these pages xvii

Map of Spain in the thirteenth century xviii

1 1157–79 Past and Present 1

After the Emperor 7

Two Royal Minorities 24

2 The Age of Las Navas Life, Law and Memory 36

Three Battles 40

Implications of the Vernacular 46

Castile Victorious 53

3 1214–48

Doña Berenguela and Son 57

‘The Gate is Open and the Way is Clear’ 60

Towards Valencia 62

Conquest and Colonization 69

Toledo and Seville 75

After Valencia 80

The Mediterranean Dimension 83

4 Some Permanent Features Jews 87

Moors 95

Hunger, Kings and Capitals 100

5 1252–9 Alfonso X: Promising Beginnings 104

A Command Economy 114

The Law 121

Implications of Empire 129

6 1259–74

Toledo and Translations 133

International Complications 145

The Mudéjar Rising 149

The Alfonsine Histories 162

7 1275–84

A Reign in Ruins 169

France and Aragón 175

1282 185

Aragón Alone 199

The Learned King 204

8 The Changed Balance Castile after 1284 210

A Question of Alliances 215

‘Neither Truth nor Faith’ 229

Epilogue 233

Bibliography 235

Glossary 268

Index 270

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Editorial Reviews

"This is a masterly revisiting of the period, every clause of Linehan's sentences embodying not only that eloquence of rhetorical style he so admired in the work of another Fellow of St. John's, Prof. John Cook (see the obituary by Lineham in The Independent, 15 September 2007), but a freshness and vitality of vision that find their fullest expression in his portrait of King Alfonso el Sabio." (Speculuma Medieval Studies, April 2011)
"His expertise in both the history and the historiography of that period provides a complex, multifaceted perspective on an era that demands nothing." (English Historical Review, 1 August 2010)

"As the author of a survey of Spanish history in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, Peter Linehan is a natural choice. His expertise in both the history and the historiography of that period provides a complex, multifaceted perspective on an era that demands nothing less." (English Historical Review, August 2010)

“The work presents a valuable scholarly addition that details medieval Spain through a large primary source body of evidence, and offers valuable insight into the multifaceted reality that was medieval Spain between 1157 and 1300.” (Choice Reviews, May 2009)

“Peter Linehan's remarkable scholarly productivity richly qualifies him to be the author of such a book.” (The American Historical Review, February 2009)

“The balance of the book represents in essence a study of the course and impact of Alfonso X's long and problematic reign, in the context of peninsular, European and Mediterranean politics and culture. The book is written in Linehan's trademark style, which readers will either find entertaining, frustrating or both. It is dense and detailed, written in breathless prose, peppered with ironies and inside jokes.” (The Medieval Review, February 2009)

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