The Medieval Crown of Aragon 'a Short History'

ISBN-13: 9780198202363 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 264 str.

Thomas N. Bisson

Opis

The first study of its kind in English in more than fifty years, this book surveys the history of the medieval Crown of Aragon from its early origins in counties of the eastern Pyrenees. Reviewing the most recent research into the well-preserved archives of the region, Bisson recreates a sense of the energy, drama, and color of these creative and expansionist people between the 12th and 15th centuries. Throughout, the book duly stresses individual achievement and personality while at the same time providing a balanced overview of political and dynastic evolution, institutional foundations, economic and cultural affairs, and the socio-economic weaknesses that eventually led to a crisis in the federated realms in the late Middle Ages.

Recenzje

`excellent and useful survey ... work which, with a long and intelligently descriptive bibliography at the end, will serve as an introduction to its complex and difficult subject for many years to come.' David J. Wasserstein, Mediterranean Historical Review

Spis treści

List of illustrations; List of maps; Prologue; Before the union; The age of the early count-kings (1137-1213); James the Conqueror (1213-1276); Mediterranean expansion (1276-1336); Peter the Ceremonious and his sons (1336-1410); The Trastámaras (1412-1479); Prosperity and crisis in the later middle ages; Epilogue; Note on the translation of proper names; Glossary; Geneological tables; Bibliographical notes; Index