What was the nature of combat as then practiced by the Aragonese? Who and what was involved? How were the practicalities of battle realized on the field?
“Of Arms and Men”: Siege and Battle Tactics in the Catalan Grand Chronicles (1208-1387)
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The Regulations of James I concerning the Jewish Moneylenders: a Preliminary Report
October 15, 2012 By
This article enumerates the constitutions and statutes dictated by James I regarding the usurers, and the usurers of the Jews, between 1228 and 1251, from shortly before to shortly after the conquest of the kingdoms of Majorca and Valencia.
Reconquista and convivencia: Post-conquest Valencia during the Reign of Jaime I, el Conquistador: Interaction between Christians and Muslims (1238-1276)
February 5, 2012 By
This study will focus on just one aspect of the transition from Muslim kingdom to medieval Christian state. In 1238, Ciudad de Valencia, the most important urban center in the Muslim kingdom of Valencia would fall to Jaime I, el conquistador, king of Christian Aragon and Catalonia, opening up a vast region to Christian influence.
The Alphabetum catholicorum of Arnaldus of Villanova, an edition and study
August 24, 2011 By
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 […]
Battle-seeking commanders in the later Middle Ages: Phases of Generalship in the War of the Two Pedros
August 11, 2011 By
Thanks to the influence of the imperial military writer, Vegetius, it has long been understood that in the Middle Ages defense operations were much preferred to those of an offensive nature.
The National Cost of Territorial Defense and Treason in Late Medieval Catalonia
August 11, 2011 By
This paper focuses on the Iberian state of Catalonia and its unique fiscal road to the battlefield during the fourteenth century.
Christian kings and Jewish conversion in the medieval Crown of Aragon
August 1, 2011 By
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
James I and his Era: Brief Analysis of a Major Political and Cultural Inheritance
October 22, 2009 By
James I, like his contemporaries Emperor Frederick II and Fernando III of Castile, was a major figure of the Mediterranean and Iberian Middle Ages.
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