Reconquest and crusade in medieval Spain / Joseph F. O'Callaghan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Callaghan, Joseph F.

Series:

Middle Ages series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Migration, Internal--Spain--History.

Migration, Internal.

Land settlement--Spain--History.

Land settlement.

Crusade bulls.

Spain--History--711-1516.

Spain.

Spain--History, Military.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 322 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st pbk. ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia [Pa.] : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing from both Christian and Islamic sources, Reconquest and Crusade in Medieval Spain demonstrates that the clash of arms between Christians and Muslims in the Iberian peninsula that began in the early eighth century was transformed into a crusade by the papacy during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Successive popes accorded to Christian warriors willing to participate in the peninsular wars against Islam the same crusading benefits offered to those going to the Holy Land. Joseph F. O'Callaghan clearly demonstrates that any study of the history of the crusades must take a broader view of the Mediterranean to include medieval Spain. Following a chronological overview of crusading in the Iberian peninsula from the late eleventh to the middle of the thirteenth century, O'Callaghan proceeds to the study of warfare, military finance, and the liturgy of reconquest and crusading. He concludes his book with a consideration of the later stages of reconquest and crusade up to and including the fall of Granada in 1492, while noting that the spiritual benefits of crusading bulls were still offered to the Spanish until the Second Vatican Council of 1963.Although the conflict described in this book occurred more than eight hundred years ago, recent events remind the world that the intensity of belief, rhetoric, and action that gave birth to crusade, holy war, and jihad remains a powerful force in the twenty-first century.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Chapter 1. Reconquest, Holy War, and Crusade

Chapter 2. From Barbastro to Almeria, 1063-1157

Chapter 3. From Almeria to Las Navas de Tolosa, 1157-1212

Chapter 4. From Las Navas de Tolosa to Cordoba, 1212-1236

Chapter 5. From Cordoba to Seville, 1236-1248

Chapter 6. Warfare in the Crusading Era

Chapter 7. Financing Reconquest and Crusade

Chapter 8. The Liturgy of Reconquest and Crusade

Chapter 9. Epilogue

Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Originally published: c2003.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-307) and index.

ISBN:

9780812203066

0812203062

OCLC:

859161673