The Gibraltar Crusade: Castile and the Battle for the Strait Tapa blanda - 2014

University of Pennsylvania Press. Used - Like New. 2014. Paperback. Fine.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 6x1x9. First printing. An exceptional copy. 2011 Trade Paperback. viii, [6], 376 pp. The epic battle for control of the Strait of Gibraltar waged by Castile, Morocco, and Granada in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries is a major, but often overlooked, chapter in the history of the Christian reconquest of Spain. After the Castilian conquest of Seville in 1248 and the submission of the Muslim kingdom of Granada as a vassal state, the Moors no longer loomed as a threat and the reconquest seemed to be over. Still, in the following century, the Castilian kings, prompted by ideology and strategy, attempted to dominate the Strait. As self-proclaimed heirs of the Visigoths, they aspired not only to reconstitute the Visigothic kingdom by expelling the Muslims from Spain but also to conquer Morocco as part of the Visigothic legacy. As successive bands of Muslims over the centuries had… Leer más

Univ of Pennsylvania Pr, 2014. Paperback. New. 376 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. Joseph O'Callaghan offers the first full and authoritative history of the epic battle for control of the Strait of Gibraltar waged by Castile, Morocco, and Granada in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries-a major, but often overlooked chapter in the Christian reconquest of Spain.

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.