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Victory's shadow : conquest and governance in medieval Catalonia / Thomas W. Barton.
LIBRA DP302.C65 B37 2019
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barton, Thomas W., 1976- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islam.
- Relations.
- Christianity.
- History.
- Christianity and other religions.
- Catalonia (Spain)--History.
- Catalonia (Spain).
- Catalonia (Spain)--Religion.
- Spain--History--711-1516.
- Spain.
- Spain--Catalonia.
- Christianity and other religions--Islam--History--To 1500.
- Islam--Relations--Christianity--History--To 1500.
- Interfaith relations.
- Religion.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 411 pages : maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- "Examines how Christian forces conquered and painstakingly integrated the Muslim-ruled territory south of Barcelona over the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries to form the remainder of the region known as Catalonia, a process that exerted lasting changes on the practice of governance throughout eastern Iberia"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Parias and churches along the eleventh-century frontier
- Competition and collaboration
- Unification and conquest
- Aftermaths : constructing authority on conquered lands
- Repositioning within the lower Ebro Valley
- Lleida and the county of Urgell
- The repercussions of further conquest : Valencia and tenurial conditions in Catalonia
- The impact of conquest and consolidation on jurisdiction and administration.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Barton, Thomas W., 1976- author. Victory's shadow
- ISBN:
- 9781501736162
- 1501736167
- OCLC:
- 1052902236
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