A History of Medieval Spain

Joseph F. O'Callaghan (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

736 Seiten

1983
Cornell University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8014-9264-8 (ISBN)

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Medieval Spain is brilliantly recreated, in all its variety and richness, in this comprehensive survey. Likely to become the standard work in English, the book treats the entire Iberian Peninsula and all the people who inhabited it, from the coming of the Visigoths in the fifth century to the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella. Integrating a wealth of information about the diverse peoples, institutions, religions, and customs that flourished in the states that are now Spain and Portugal, Joseph F. O'Callaghan focuses on the continuing attempts to impose political unity on the peninsula.O'Callaghan divides his story into five compact historical periods and discusses political, social, economic, and cultural developments in each period. By treating states together, he is able to put into proper perspective the relationships among them, their similarities and differences, and the continuity of development from one period to the next. He gives proper attention to Spain's contacts with the rest of the medieval world, but his main concern is with the events and institutions on the peninsula itself. Illustrations, genealogical charts, maps, and an extensive bibliography round out a book that will be welcomed by scholars and student of Spanish and Portuguese history and literature, as well as by medievalists, as the fullest account to date of Spanish history in the Middle Ages.

Joseph F. O'Callaghan is Professor Emeritus of History at Fordham University. He is a past president of the American Catholic Historical Association and the Academy of American Historians of Medieval Spain.

Preface

Abbreviations for Citations

HispaniaPART I: THE VISIGOTH ERA, 415-711

1. The Visigothic Kingdom

2. Visigothic Government

3. Visigothic Society and CulturePART II. THE ASCENDANCY OF ISLAM, 711-1031

4. The Emirate of Córdoba

5. The Caliphate of Córdoba

6. Government, Society, and Culture in al-Andalus, 711-1031

7. Government, Society, and Culture in Christian Spain, 711-1035PART III. A BALANCE OF POWER, FROM THE FALL OF THE CALIPHATE TO LAS NAVAS DE TOLOSA, 1031-1212

8. Alfonso VI, the Taifas, and the Almoravids

9. Alfonso VII and the Leonese Empire

10. The Duel with the Almohads

11. Government, 1031-1212

12. Society and the Economy, 1031-1212

13. Religion and Culture, 1031-1212PART IV. THE GREAT RECONQUEST AND THE BEGINNINGS OF OVERSEAS EXPANSION, 1212-1369

14. The Great Reconquest

15. Alfonso X and the Lure of Empire

16. The Overseas Expansion of the Crown of Aragon

17. The Straits, the Mediterranean, and Civil War

18. Government, 1212-1369

19. Society and the Economy, 1212-1369

20. Religion and Culture, 1212-1369PART V. THE STRUGGLE FOR PENINSULAR UNION, 1369-1479

21. The Early Trastámaras

22. The Hegemony of the Trastámaras

23. Government, 1369-1479

24. Society and the Economy, 1369-1479

25. Religion and Culture, 1369-1479EPILOGUE

The Catholic Kings and the Perfect PrinceGENEALOGICAL CHARTS

1. Umayyad Emirs and Caliphs of Córdoba, 756-1031

2. Kings of Asturias-León to 1037

3. Rulers of Navarre, Aragon, and Barcelona to 1035

4. Rulers of Portugal, León, and Castile, 1035-1214

5. Rulers of Navarre, Aragon, Catalonia, and Provence, 1035-1214

6. Kings of Navarre, 1194-1512

7. Kings of León-Castile, 1214-1504

8. Kings of Portugal, 1211-1521

9. Kings of Aragon, 1213-1516

10. The Nasrid Kings of Granada, 1232-1492BIBLIOGRAPHY

Abbreviations

General Works

Part I: The Visigothic Era

Part II: The Ascendancy of Islam

Part III: A Balance of Power, from the Fall of the Caliphate to Las Navas de Tolosa

Part IV: The Great Reconquest and the Beginnings of Overseas Expansion

Part V: The Struggle for Peninsular Union

Epilogue: The Catholic Kings and the Perfect PrinceINDEX

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.8.1983
Zusatzinfo	13 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Ithaca
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	1361 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-8014-9264-5 / 0801492645
ISBN-13	978-0-8014-9264-8 / 9780801492648
Zustand	Neuware