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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?

by Medievalists.net October 15, 2012

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The Regulations of James I concerning the Jewish Moneylenders: a Preliminary Report

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.

by Sandra Alvarez February 5, 2012

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Reconquista and convivencia: Post-conquest Valencia during the Reign of Jaime I, el Conquistador: Interaction between Christians and Muslims (1238-1276)

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.

by Sandra Alvarez August 24, 2011

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The Alphabetum catholicorum of Arnaldus of Villanova, an edition and study

The Alphabetum catholicorum of Arnaldus of Villanova, an edition and study Burnam, Hope Lampert (university of Toronto) PhD Thesis, University of Toronto (1996)…

by Sandra Alvarez August 11, 2011

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The National Cost of Territorial Defense and Treason in Late Medieval Catalonia

This paper focuses on the Iberian state of Catalonia and its unique fiscal road to the battlefield during the fourteenth century.

by Sandra Alvarez August 1, 2011

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Christian kings and Jewish conversion in the medieval Crown of Aragon

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

by Medievalists.net October 22, 2009

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James I and his Era: Brief Analysis of a Major Political and Cultural Inheritance

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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“Of Arms and Men”: Siege and Battle Tactics in the Catalan Grand Chronicles (1208-1387)

The National Cost of Territorial Defense and Treason in Late Medieval Catalonia

James I and his Era: Brief Analysis of a Major Political and Cultural Inheritance