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Spain 1157–1300 A Partible Inheritance Peter Linehan Spain 1157–1300 A HISTORY OF SPAIN Published Iberia in Prehistory* María Cruz Fernández Castro The Romans in Spain† John S. Richardson Visigothic Spain 409–711 Roger Collins The Arab Conquest of Spain, 710–797 Roger Collins The Contest of Christian and Muslim Spain, 1031–1157† Bernard F. Reilly Spain 1157–1300: A Partible Inheritance Peter Linehan Spain 1300–1474: Centuries of Crisis Teofilo Ruiz The Spain of the Catholic Monarchs 1474–1520 John Edwards Spain 1516–1598: From Nation State to World Empire* John Lynch The Hispanic World in Crisis and Change, 1598–1700* John Lynch Bourbon Spain, 1700–1808* John Lynch Spain in the Liberal Age: From Constitution to Civil War, 1808–1939 Charles J. Esdaile Spain: From Dictatorship to Democracy. 1939 to the Present Javier Tusell Forthcoming Caliphs and Kings 798–1033 Roger Collins * Out of print †Print on demand Spain 1157–1300 A Partible Inheritance Peter Linehan © 2008 by Peter Linehan BLACKWELL PUBLISHING 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148-5020, USA 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK 550 Swanston Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia The right of Peter Linehan to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988, without the prior permission of the publisher. 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Harvey, Islamic Spain, 170) Contents Preface ix Chronology xii List of Abbreviations xv Tree showing some of those mentioned in these pages xvii Map of Spain in the thirteenth century xviii 1 1157–79 Past and Present 1 After the Emperor 7 Two Royal Minorities 24 2 The Age of Las Navas Life, Law and Memory 36 Three Battles 40 Implications of the Ver nacular 46 Castile Victorious 53 3 1214–48 Doña Berenguela and Son 57 ‘The Gate is Open and the Way Is Clear’ 60 Towards Valencia 62 Conquest and Colonization 69 Toledo and Seville 75 After Valencia 80 The Mediterranean Dimension 83 4 Some Permanent Features Jews 87 Moors 95 Hunger, Kings and Capitals 100 viii Contents 5 1252–9 Alfonso X: Promising Beginnings 104 A Command Economy 114 The Law 121 Implications of Empire 129 6 1259–74 Toledo and Translations 133 International Complications 145 The Mudéjar Rising 149 The Alfonsine Histories 162 7 1275–84 A Reign in Ruins 169 France and Aragón 175 1282 185 Aragón Alone 199 The Learned King 204 8 The Changed Balance Castile after 1284 210 A Question of Alliances 215 ‘Neither Truth nor Faith’ 229 Epilogue 233 Bibliography 235 Glossary 268 Index 270
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