King Alfonso VIII of Castile
Title | King Alfonso VIII of Castile PDF eBook |
Author | Miguel Gómez |
Publisher | Fordham University Press |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2019-04-02 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0823284166 |
King Alfonso VIII of Castile: Government, Family and War brings together a diverse group of scholars whose work concerns the reign of Alfonso VIII (1158–1215). This was a critical period in the history of the Iberian peninsula, when the conflict between the Christian north and the Moroccan empire of the Almohads was at its most intense, while the political divisions between the five Christian kingdoms reached their high-water mark. From his troubled ascension as a child to his victory at Las Navas de Tolosa near the end of his fifty-seven-year reign, Alfonso VIII and his kingdom were at the epicenter of many of the most dramatic events of the era. Contributors: Martin Alvira Cabrer, Janna Bianchini, Sam Zeno Conedera, S.J., Miguel Dolan Gómez, Carlos de Ayala Martínez, Kyle C. Lincoln, Joseph O’Callaghan, Teofi lo F. Ruiz, Miriam Shadis, Damian J. Smith, James J. Todesca
The Latin Chronicle of the Kings of Castile
Title | The Latin Chronicle of the Kings of Castile PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph F. O'Callaghan |
Publisher | Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS) |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Berenguela of Castile (1180-1246) and Political Women in the High Middle Ages
Title | Berenguela of Castile (1180-1246) and Political Women in the High Middle Ages PDF eBook |
Author | M. Shadis |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 2009-10-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0230103138 |
The women in the family which ruled thirteenth-century Castile used maternity, familial and political strategy, and religious and cultural patronage to secure their personal power as well as to promote their lineage. Leonor of England, and her daughters Blanche of Castile (queen of France), Urraca (queen of Portugal), Costanza (a Cistercian nun of Las Huelgas) and Leonor, (queen of Aragon) provide the context for a study focusing on Berenguela of Castile, queen of Leon through marriage and of Castile by right of inheritance, whose most significant accomplishment was to enable the successful rule of her son Fernando.
Social Status at the Court of Alfonso VIII of Castile
Title | Social Status at the Court of Alfonso VIII of Castile PDF eBook |
Author | Lorle Ann Porter |
Publisher | |
Pages | 206 |
Release | 1965 |
Genre | Spain |
ISBN |
Berenguela the Great and Her Times (1180-1246)
Title | Berenguela the Great and Her Times (1180-1246) PDF eBook |
Author | H. Salvador Martínez |
Publisher | Medieval and Early Modern Iber |
Pages | 660 |
Release | 2021 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9789004499317 |
This biography presents a remarkable vision of Spanish society at the beginning of the 13th century by exploring the life of Berenguela of Castile (c. 1179-1246), a queen who dominated public life for over forty years.
Alfonso X and the Cantigas De Santa Maria
Title | Alfonso X and the Cantigas De Santa Maria PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph F. O'Callaghan |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9789004110236 |
In the "Cantigas de Santa Maria," a collection of about four hundred poems written in Galician, Alfonso X, el Sabio, king of Castile-Leon, has left us a kind of poetic biography. This volume explicates the historical circumstances surrounding the stories that the king tells about himself and his kingdom. As Mary's troubadour, he appeals to her as his advocate and consoler.
Alfonso, King of Castile
Title | Alfonso, King of Castile PDF eBook |
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Release | 1801 |
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