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The Most Dramatic Moment of the Middle Ages!

January 12, 2014 By Medievalists.net

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An evil king versus a good king. They are half-brothers. It’s a fight to the death. In a tent!

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Aragon, Castile, Fourteenth Century, King Pedro of Castile and Leon, Military History, Politics, Spain

War financing in the late-Medieval Crown of Aragon

August 12, 2011 By Medievalists.net

War financing in the late-Medieval Crown of Aragon Kagay, Donald J. (Albany State University) The Journal of Medieval Military History, Volume 6 (2008) Introduction: Medieval soldiers would agree wholeheartedly with the political maxim which had grown hackneyed by the time of the Renaissance in its assertion that “money constitutes the sinews of war.” Medieval sovereigns […]

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Disposable alliances: Aragon and Castile during the War of the Two Pedros and beyond

August 11, 2011 By Medievalists.net

Official Coat of Arms of Aragon

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.

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Battle-seeking commanders in the later Middle Ages: Phases of Generalship in the War of the Two Pedros

August 11, 2011 By Medievalists.net

Pedro I of Castile & Leon

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.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: al-Andalus, Alfonso X of Castile, Alfonso XI of Castile, Castile, Fifteenth Century, Fourteenth Century, King Jaume I of the Crown of Aragon, King Pedro of Castile and Leon, Late Middle Ages, Military History, Pedro IV of Aragon, Politics, Spain, Valencia