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…mehr
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
Miguel Gómez, Kyle C. Lincoln, and Damian Smith, Editors
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List of Abbreviations Alfonso VIII: An Introduction Teofilo F. Ruiz 1. Ideas of Kingship in the Preambles of Alfonso VIII's Charters Joseph F. O'Callaghan 2. Selling Castile: Coinage, Propaganda, and Mediterranean Trade in the Age of Alfonso VIII James J. Todesca 3. The Infantazgo in the Reign of Alfonso VIII Janna Bianchini 4. "Happier in Daughters than in Sons": Th e Children of Alfonso VIII of Castile and Leonor Plantagenet Miriam Shadis 5. A Wall and a Shield: Alfonso VIII and the Military Orders Sam Zeno Conedera, S.J. 6. Holy War and Crusade during the Reign of Alfonso VIII Carlos de Ayala Martínez 7. Alfonso VIII and the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa Miguel Gómez 8. Alfonso VIII and the Papacy Damian Smith 9. "Si Possides Amicum, in Temptatione Posside": Alfonso VIII and Peter the Catholic Martín Alvira Cabrer 10. A Prosopography of the Castilian Episcopate in the Reign of Alfonso VIII Kyle C. Lincoln 11. Via impugnandi in the Age of Alfonso VIII: Iberian-Christian Kal¿m and a Latin Triad Revisited Thomas Burman Acknowledgments List of Contributors Index
List of Abbreviations Alfonso VIII: An Introduction Teofilo F. Ruiz 1. Ideas of Kingship in the Preambles of Alfonso VIII's Charters Joseph F. O'Callaghan 2. Selling Castile: Coinage, Propaganda, and Mediterranean Trade in the Age of Alfonso VIII James J. Todesca 3. The Infantazgo in the Reign of Alfonso VIII Janna Bianchini 4. "Happier in Daughters than in Sons": Th e Children of Alfonso VIII of Castile and Leonor Plantagenet Miriam Shadis 5. A Wall and a Shield: Alfonso VIII and the Military Orders Sam Zeno Conedera, S.J. 6. Holy War and Crusade during the Reign of Alfonso VIII Carlos de Ayala Martínez 7. Alfonso VIII and the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa Miguel Gómez 8. Alfonso VIII and the Papacy Damian Smith 9. "Si Possides Amicum, in Temptatione Posside": Alfonso VIII and Peter the Catholic Martín Alvira Cabrer 10. A Prosopography of the Castilian Episcopate in the Reign of Alfonso VIII Kyle C. Lincoln 11. Via impugnandi in the Age of Alfonso VIII: Iberian-Christian Kal¿m and a Latin Triad Revisited Thomas Burman Acknowledgments List of Contributors Index
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