Medievalists.net » King Jaume I of the Crown of Aragon http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 “Of Arms and Men”: Siege and Battle Tactics in the Catalan Grand Chronicles (1208-1387) http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/09/of-arms-and-men-siege-and-battle-tactics-in-the-catalan-grand-chronicles-1208-1387/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/09/of-arms-and-men-siege-and-battle-tactics-in-the-catalan-grand-chronicles-1208-1387/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:08:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40373 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?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/09/of-arms-and-men-siege-and-battle-tactics-in-the-catalan-grand-chronicles-1208-1387/feed/ 0 The Regulations of James I concerning the Jewish Moneylenders: a Preliminary Report http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/15/the-regulations-of-james-i-concerning-the-jewish-moneylenders-a-preliminary-report/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/15/the-regulations-of-james-i-concerning-the-jewish-moneylenders-a-preliminary-report/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 02:48:49 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36533 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/15/the-regulations-of-james-i-concerning-the-jewish-moneylenders-a-preliminary-report/feed/ 0 Reconquista and convivencia: Post-conquest Valencia during the Reign of Jaime I, el Conquistador: Interaction between Christians and Muslims (1238-1276) http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/05/reconquista-and-convivencia-post-conquest-valencia-during-the-reign-of-jaime-i-el-conquistador-interaction-between-christians-and-muslims-1238-1276/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/05/reconquista-and-convivencia-post-conquest-valencia-during-the-reign-of-jaime-i-el-conquistador-interaction-between-christians-and-muslims-1238-1276/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:21:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29025 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/05/reconquista-and-convivencia-post-conquest-valencia-during-the-reign-of-jaime-i-el-conquistador-interaction-between-christians-and-muslims-1238-1276/feed/ 0 The Alphabetum catholicorum of Arnaldus of Villanova, an edition and study http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/24/the-alphabetum-catholicorum-of-arnaldus-of-villanova-an-edition-and-study/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/24/the-alphabetum-catholicorum-of-arnaldus-of-villanova-an-edition-and-study/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:04:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=24457 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 […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/24/the-alphabetum-catholicorum-of-arnaldus-of-villanova-an-edition-and-study/feed/ 0 Battle-seeking commanders in the later Middle Ages: Phases of Generalship in the War of the Two Pedros http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/11/battle-seeking-commanders-in-the-later-middle-ages-phases-of-generalship-in-the-war-of-the-two-pedros/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/11/battle-seeking-commanders-in-the-later-middle-ages-phases-of-generalship-in-the-war-of-the-two-pedros/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:56:26 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=24047 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/11/battle-seeking-commanders-in-the-later-middle-ages-phases-of-generalship-in-the-war-of-the-two-pedros/feed/ 0 The National Cost of Territorial Defense and Treason in Late Medieval Catalonia http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/11/the-national-cost-of-territorial-defense-and-treason-in-late-medieval-catalonia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/11/the-national-cost-of-territorial-defense-and-treason-in-late-medieval-catalonia/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:59:30 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=24043 This paper focuses on the Iberian state of Catalonia and its unique fiscal road to the battlefield during the fourteenth century.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/11/the-national-cost-of-territorial-defense-and-treason-in-late-medieval-catalonia/feed/ 0 Christian kings and Jewish conversion in the medieval Crown of Aragon http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/01/christian-kings-and-jewish-conversion-in-the-medieval-crown-of-aragon/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/01/christian-kings-and-jewish-conversion-in-the-medieval-crown-of-aragon/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:09:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=23617 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

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/01/christian-kings-and-jewish-conversion-in-the-medieval-crown-of-aragon/feed/ 0 James I and his Era: Brief Analysis of a Major Political and Cultural Inheritance http://www.medievalists.net/2009/10/22/james-i-and-his-era-brief-analysis-of-a-major-political-and-cultural-inheritance/ http://www.medievalists.net/2009/10/22/james-i-and-his-era-brief-analysis-of-a-major-political-and-cultural-inheritance/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:31:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=4812 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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