Where the Middle Ages Begin
The Alphabetum catholicorum of Arnaldus of Villanova, an edition and study Burnam, Hope Lampert (university of Toronto) PhD Thesis, University of Toronto (1996) Abstract On the title page to the 1553 edition of his catechism, John Calvin defined a catechism as “a formulary for instructing children in Christianity set as a dialogue.” Although catechisms have […]
By tracing the diplomatic developments between Aragon and Castile during this time frame, one is struck not only by the Pere III’s attainments in double-dealing, but also by how deeply the major contenders in the Hundred Years War, France and England, were effected by the political and martial affairs of the “minor” states of Spain.
A clash of cultures: the legal difficulties of Bernat Metge (1396-1398) in a wider social context Kagay, Donald J. (Albany State University) Paper given at the International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo, Michigan, 2002) Abstract Bad government in all its many forms has held the attention of many philosophical schools through the ages. Disaster, Montesquieu […]
This paper focuses on the Iberian state of Catalonia and its unique fiscal road to the battlefield during the fourteenth century.
MUSLIM AND JEWISH “OTHERNESS” IN THE SPANISH NATION-BUILDING PROCESS THROUGHOUT THE RECONQUISTA (1212-1614) TÜRKÇELİK, EVRİM M.A. Thesis (Science), Middle East Technical University, August (2003) Abstract In 1492, the Catholic Monarchs Isabel and Ferdinand conquered Granada, the last Muslim Kingdom in Spain, issued the edict of expulsion of Jews and charged Christopher Columbus to find out […]
Castle of Intellect, Castle of Force: The Worlds of Alfonso the Learned and James the Conqueror BURNS, S.J., ROBERT I. THE LIBRARY OF IBERIAN RESOURCES ONLINE The Worlds of Alfonso the Learned and James the Conqueror Princeton (1986) Abstract King alfonso and King James were born into a world of stunning change. Each was to accelerate […]
La guerra en cors amb els països musulmans occidentals en els primers anys del regnat de Jaume II (1291-1309) FERRER I MALLOL, MARIA TERESAInstitució Milà i Fontanals CSIC, Barcelona ANUARIO DE ESTUDIOS MEDIEVALES (AEM) 38/2, julio-diciembre de (2008) Abstract This article refers to some instances of privateering and piracy between the Catalan subjects of the […]
Aragonese exarici in the twelfth century: their status and conditions of landholding Stall, William C. Sharq Al-Andalus, No. 4 (1987) Abstract In the late eleventh and twelfth centuries, as the Aragonese fitfully expanded from their hardy Pyrenean kingdom ¡nto the Upper Ebro River Basin, they subdued and subsequently ruled Muslim lands with well-developed urban and […]
Conversion Anxieties in the Crown of Aragón in the Later Middle Ages RODRIGUEZ, JARBEL Al-Masa ̄q, Vol. 22, No. 3, December (2010) Abstract The conversion of Christians to Islam caused significant anxiety in the Crown of Arago ́n in the later middle ages. Some of this fear was caused by genuine concern over the eternal salvation […]
As Christian monarchs in the age of crusade and reconquista, the kings of the medieval Crown of Aragon had no choice but to show public support for Jewish conversion to Christianity, issuing legislation meant to encourage conversion and granting favors to individual converts
Marriage across frontiers: sexual mixing, power and identity in medieval Iberia Barton, Simon Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1, March (2011) Abstract This article explores the functions that interfaith marriages and other sexual liaisons fulfilled within the overall dynamic of Christian–Muslim relations in the medieval Iberian Peninsula. While in the aftermath of the […]
A Catalan Contribution to the Converso Controversy Aronson-Friedman, Amy Mediterranean Studies, Volume 14 (2005) Abstract THE MARGINALIZATION OF CATALAN LITERARY WORKS from the canon of Hispanic literature is the result of a tendency by many critics to disregard works written in languages other than Castilian. Jaume Roig’s Spill o Llibre de les dones is one […]
How to End a Crusade: Techniques for Making Peace in the Thirteenth-Century Kingdom of Valencia By Robert I. Burns Military Affairs, Vol.35 (1971) Introduction: James the Conqueror, king of confederated Arago-Catalonia, waged a stubborn piecemeal crusade from 1232 to 1245 against the Islamic regions of Eastern Spain. He spent much of the next 30 years […]
James I, like his contemporaries Emperor Frederick II and Fernando III of Castile, was a major figure of the Mediterranean and Iberian Middle Ages.
The union of Catalonia with Aragon at the beginning of the 12th century created a power able to expand commerce and dominion over the Mediterranean Sea.
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