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The Reconquest Kings of Portugal: The Creation of a Medieval Frontier Monarchy
Stephen Lay
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Description for The Reconquest Kings of Portugal: The Creation of a Medieval Frontier Monarchy
Hardcover. 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: 1DSP; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 560.
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
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
Number of Pages
332
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230525610
SKU
V9780230525610
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Ref
99-15
About Stephen 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: The Creation of a Medieval Frontier Monarchy
"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