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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
Contents
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
