The Worlds of Alfonso the Learned and James the Conqueror (eBook)

Intellect and Force in the Middle Ages

Robert Ignatius Burns (Autor)

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2014
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-5774-6 (ISBN)

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The thirteenth-century monarch Alfonso the Learned of Castile and his contemporary rival James the Conqueror, of Aragon-Catalonia, are key figures who made enduring contributions to Western civilization--although neither is well known to American students. This book explores the contrasts and convergences not only of the kings but of the scholarly-cultural with the military-commercial society.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.7.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: adelantado • Al-Andalus • albigensian crusade • Alcabala • Alfonso de la Cerda • Alfonso of Aragon (1481–1500) • Alfonso X of Castile • Almohad Caliphate • Annexation • Antonio • Appanage • Baeza • bailiwick • Balearic Islands • Baron • Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa • Cantigas de Santa Maria • Castile and León • Castile (historical region) • Castilians • Colonialism • Conquest of Majorca • Conradin • Crown of Aragon • Crusades • Devolution • Edward I of England • Emirate of Granada • enrique • Esteban • Extremadura • FADRIQUE • Ferdinand III of Castile • Ferdinand II of Aragon • fief • Foray • Francesc Eiximenis • Franciscans • Fuero • gascony • Gimeno • Glossator • Gonzalo de Berceo • habsburg spain • hegemony • Historiography • Hohenstaufen • House of Haro • imperialism • Isaac II Angelos • Jacques Le Goff • James I of Aragon • Juan • Juan de Mariana • Juan Ruiz • Kingdom of Majorca • Kingdom of Seville • Kingdom of the Two Sicilies • Kingdom of Toledo • Liber feudorum maior • magnate • Majorca • Marinid dynasty • Mayordomo mayor • militia • Montpellier • Moors • Morganatic marriage • Mudéjar • New Castile (Spain) • Occitania • Occitan language • Order of Santiago • Patrimonio Nacional • Prieto • Promulgation • Proscription • Ramon Llull • Rawd al-Qirtas • reign • repartimiento • Rience • Rius • Saint Dominic • Sancho II • Siege of Algeciras (1342–44) • Siege of Seville • Siete Partidas • spaniards • Statute • Steven Runciman • Tallage • Tax • Toulouse • University of Zaragoza • usury • Valencia • Valencian • Vassal • Visigothic Code
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-5774-0 / 1400857740
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-5774-6 / 9781400857746