Medievalists.net » Peter III ‘the Great’ of Aragon http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 “We Have Met Devils!”: The Almogavars of James I and Peter III of Catalonia-Aragon http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/09/we-have-met-devils-the-almogavars-of-james-i-and-peter-iii-of-catalonia-aragon/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/09/we-have-met-devils-the-almogavars-of-james-i-and-peter-iii-of-catalonia-aragon/#comments Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:29:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37865 Who were these Almogavars, who were able to defeat these heavily-armed and highly-trained knights? Why were they consistently effective against all who came before them? How were they utilized by James I the Conqueror (1213-1276) and his son Peter III the Great (1276-1285), count-kings of Catalonia-Aragon, to further the interests of their realm? These are the questions that this paper will attempt to answer.

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