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- catalog abstract "Publisher's description: Drawing from both Christian and Islamic sources, Reconquest and Crusade in Medieval Spain attempts to redress the imbalance in part by demonstrating that the clash of arms between Christians and Muslims in the Iberian peninsula that began in the early eighth century was transformed into a crusade by the papacy during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Successive popes accorded to Christian warriors willing to participate in the peninsular wars against Islam the same crusading benefits offered to those going to the Holy Land. Joseph F. O'Callaghan clearly demonstrates that any study of the history of the crusades must take a broader view of the Mediterranean to include medieval Spain. Following a chronological overview of the crusading in the Iberian peninsula from the late eleventh to the middle of the thirteenth century, O'Callaghan proceeds to the study of warfare, military finance, and the liturgy of reconquest and crusading. He concludes his book with a consideration of the later stages of reconquest and crusade up to and including the fall of Granada in 1492, while noting that the spiritual benefits of crusading bulls were still offered to the Spanish until the Second Vatican Council of 1963. Although the conflict described in this book occurred more than eight hundred years ago, recent events remind the world that the intensity of belief, rhetoric, and action that gave birth to crusade, holy war, and jihad remains a powerful force in the twenty-first century. Joseph F. O'Callaghan is Professor Emeritus of History at Fordham University. He is the author of many books on Spanish history, including The Learned King: The Reign of Alfonso X of Castile, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press, and A History of Medieval Spain.".
- catalog contributor b12701670.
- catalog coverage "Spain History 711-1516.".
- catalog coverage "Spain History, Military.".
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-307) and index.".
- catalog description "Publisher's description: Drawing from both Christian and Islamic sources, Reconquest and Crusade in Medieval Spain attempts to redress the imbalance in part by demonstrating that the clash of arms between Christians and Muslims in the Iberian peninsula that began in the early eighth century was transformed into a crusade by the papacy during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Successive popes accorded to Christian warriors willing to participate in the peninsular wars against Islam the same crusading benefits offered to those going to the Holy Land. Joseph F. O'Callaghan clearly demonstrates that any study of the history of the crusades must take a broader view of the Mediterranean to include medieval Spain. Following a chronological overview of the crusading in the Iberian peninsula from the late eleventh to the middle of the thirteenth century, O'Callaghan proceeds to the study of warfare, military finance, and the liturgy of reconquest and crusading. He concludes his book with a consideration of the later stages of reconquest and crusade up to and including the fall of Granada in 1492, while noting that the spiritual benefits of crusading bulls were still offered to the Spanish until the Second Vatican Council of 1963. Although the conflict described in this book occurred more than eight hundred years ago, recent events remind the world that the intensity of belief, rhetoric, and action that gave birth to crusade, holy war, and jihad remains a powerful force in the twenty-first century. Joseph F. O'Callaghan is Professor Emeritus of History at Fordham University. He is the author of many books on Spanish history, including The Learned King: The Reign of Alfonso X of Castile, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press, and A History of Medieval Spain.".
- catalog description "Reconquest, holy war, and crusade -- From Barbastro to Almería, 1063-1157 -- From Almería to Las Navas de Tolosa, 1157-1212 -- From Las Navas de Tolosa to Córdoba, 1212-1236 -- From Córdoba to Seville, 1236-1248 -- Warfare in the crusading era -- Financing reconquest and crusade -- The liturgy of reconquest and crusade.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 322 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Reconquest and crusade in medieval Spain.".
- catalog identifier "0812218892 (pbk.)".
- catalog identifier "0812236963 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Reconquest and crusade in medieval Spain.".
- catalog isPartOf "Middle Ages series.".
- catalog isPartOf "The Middle Ages series".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,".
- catalog relation "Reconquest and crusade in medieval Spain.".
- catalog spatial "Spain History 711-1516.".
- catalog spatial "Spain History, Military.".
- catalog spatial "Spain".
- catalog subject "Crusade bulls.".
- catalog subject "DP99 .O33 2003X".
- catalog subject "Land settlement Spain History.".
- catalog subject "Migration, Internal Spain History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Reconquest, holy war, and crusade -- From Barbastro to Almería, 1063-1157 -- From Almería to Las Navas de Tolosa, 1157-1212 -- From Las Navas de Tolosa to Córdoba, 1212-1236 -- From Córdoba to Seville, 1236-1248 -- Warfare in the crusading era -- Financing reconquest and crusade -- The liturgy of reconquest and crusade.".
- catalog title "Reconquest and crusade in medieval Spain / Joseph F. O'Callaghan.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "Military history. fast".
- catalog type "text".