The Reconquest Kings of Portugal. Political and Cultural Reorientation on the Medieval Frontier.
S. Lay
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Description for The Reconquest Kings of Portugal. Political and Cultural Reorientation on the Medieval Frontier.
Paperback. Examines the political development of Portugal between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries.Taking place amid the struggle between Christendom and the Islamic world for control over the Iberian Peninsula, the formation of Portugal also depended on the growing European influence felt throughout the peninsula during these centuries." Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Examines the political development of Portugal between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. Taking place amid the struggle between Christendom and the Islamic world for control over the Iberian Peninsula, the formation of Portugal also depended on the growing European influence felt throughout the peninsula during these centuries.
Examines the political development of Portugal between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. Taking place amid the struggle between Christendom and the Islamic world for control over the Iberian Peninsula, the formation of Portugal also depended on the growing European influence felt throughout the peninsula during these centuries.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
Number of Pages
332
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349357864
SKU
V9781349357864
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Ref
99-15
About S. Lay
STEPHEN LAY has been Lecturer in History at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, and later Executive Officer of the Monash University London Centre. He is currently Graduate Studies Assistant at the University of Oxford, and has published several journal articles. His essay 'The Interpretation of the Magna Charta' received the Romanzi award and was published as a monograph in 2004.
Reviews for The Reconquest Kings of Portugal. Political and Cultural Reorientation on the Medieval Frontier.
"The study addresses the major historical debates regarding Portugal as well as the peninsula at large, includes a fine bibliography, and provides an updated, utilitarian overview of an important medieval monarchy." - CHOICE "[This book] helps to fill a noticeable gap in English-language historiography." - Speculum