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León and Galicia Under Queen Sancha and King Fernando I

By: Bernard F. Reilly,Simon R. Doubleday

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León and Galicia Under Queen Sancha and King Fernando I

By: Bernard F. Reilly,Simon R. Doubleday

Acclaimed historians Bernard F. Reilly and Simon R. Doubleday tell the story of the reign of Queen Sancha and King Fernando I, who together ruled the territories of León and Galicia between 1038 and 1065—often regarded as a period in which Christian kings and their vassals asserted themselves more successfully in the face of external rivals, both Viking and Muslim. The reality was more complex. The Iberian Peninsula remained a space of multiple, intertwined forms of power and surprisingly nuanced relationships between—and among—the diverse configurations of Christian and Muslim authority. Some of these complexities would be obscured by later generations of medieval chroniclers, whose narratives focused on the singular authority of the king and expressed a more binary view of interreligious relations. Through their account of the key events and turning points of Sancha and Fernando’s reign, Reilly and Doubleday propose a revised understanding of its political culture, offering a corrective to accounts that have emphasized a stark opposition between Christian and Muslim powers, a supposedly steady growth and centralization of royal government, and the individual figure of the monarch. Exploring the interplay of crown and elites, underscoring the role of royal women, and rejecting the Reconquista paradigm, León and Galicia Under Queen Sancha and King Fernando I reenvisions medieval Iberia at a pivotal stage in European history.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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1512824631

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9781512824636

The Contest of Christian and Muslim Spain 1031 - 1157

By: Bernard F. Reilly

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The Contest of Christian and Muslim Spain 1031 - 1157

By: Bernard F. Reilly

This book is the first account of the period to consider both Christian and Muslim Spain. The author discusses the various societies, cultures and governments of Muslim and Christian Iberia in the centuries of their critical confrontation. Beginning with the disintegration of the caliphate at Cordoba in the early eleventh century, the book traces the decline of the Muslim taifa states, and describes and explains their conquest, first by the Murabit, and then the Muwahhid fundamentalist Muslim empires of North Africa. Bernard Reilly describes the rising Christian kingdoms of Leon-Castilla, Aragon, Barcelona and Portugal and shows how they were engaged in a struggle on several fronts. As they vied with one another for control of the old Islamic stronghold of the center and north, they were also in continuous conflict with the Murabit and Muwahhid rulers, while striving to come to terms with the French, the Papacy and the Italian maritime powers.

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308

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John Wiley & Sons

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0631199640

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9780631199649

The Medieval Spains

By: Bernard F. Reilly

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The Medieval Spains

By: Bernard F. Reilly

Tracing the political evolution of the Iberian peninsula from late Roman imperial provinces to monarchies of the mid-fifteenth century, essays on the significant periods of medieval Spain sketch the major political, economic, social and intellectual features of their times.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521397413

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9780521397414

The Kingdom of León-Castilla Under King Alfonso VII, 1126-1157

By: Bernard F. Reilly

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The Kingdom of León-Castilla Under King Alfonso VII, 1126-1157

By: Bernard F. Reilly

The reign of Alfonso VII occupied more than a quarter century during which the political landscape of medieval Spain was altered significantly. It was marked by the enhancement of royal administration, an increased papal intervention in the affairs of the peninsular church, and the development of the church's territorial structure. With the publication of The Kingdom of Leon-Castilla Under King Alfonso VII, 1126-1157, Bernard Reilly completes a detailed, three-part history of the largest of the Christian states of the Iberian peninsula from the mid-eleventh through the mid-twelfth century. Like his earlier books on the reigns of Queen Urraca and King Alfonso VI, this will no doubt be an essential resource for all students of European and Spanish history and to anyone investigating the antecedents of Castile's eventual preeminence in Iberian affairs.

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1512806129

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The F. D. R. Memoirs

By: Bernard Asbell,Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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The F. D. R. Memoirs

By: Bernard Asbell,Franklin Delano Roosevelt

This work is the "memoirs" F.D.R. might have written, based on Roosevelt's own papers and letters, and presented as a draft for Roosevelt's use. Bernard Asbell spent six years analyzing Roosevelt's private papers, and diaries of White House associates, and interviewers. He has written, as a speculation on history, F.D.R.'s New Deal memoirs for him. Each chapter includes a background memorandum, exploring Roosevelt's character. Rich in fact and psychological speculation, these memoranda reinterpret the political man in terms of his most personal experiences.

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0385084145

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9780385084147

Seeds of Fiction

Graham Greene's Adventures in Haiti and Central America 1954–1983

By: Bernard Diederich

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Seeds of Fiction

Graham Greene's Adventures in Haiti and Central America 1954–1983

By: Bernard Diederich

A major new biography of Graham Greene with extensive new material; exclusive, never-before-seen photographs of Greene on his travels; and full family cooperationAn essential read for fans of literary biography, this book finally and fully illuminates a pivotal episode in Graham Greene's life and career in the kind of detail that will sate any fans of his work, but which also provides a fascinating glimpse into a writer's life. In 1965, Greene joined journalist Bernard Diederich in the Dominican Republic to embark on a tour of its border with Haiti, then ruled by "Papa Doc" Duvalier. They were accompanied by activist priest Jean-Claude Bajeux. Diederich had known Greene since the mid-1950s and had lived in Haiti for 14 years. He was a seasoned correspondent for the British and North American press and had reported many stories from the region, including Castro's triumph in Cuba and the death of the Dominican dictator, Trujillo. In 1963, he had been thrown out of Haiti and when Greene arrived was working from the Dominican Republic. The famous novelist was 61 and depressed, having struggled to finish A Burnt-Out Case, and was being plagued by religious doubt; Bajeux, meanwhile, had been informed that his family had been "disappeared" by Duvalier's henchmen. As this trio traveled along the border they met a number of rebels and other characters later fictionalized in Greene's most politically charged novel, The Comedians, published the following year. This book tells the story of how a series of extraordinary and often hair-raising journeys gave one of the greatest novelists of the 20th century new inspiration in his writing.

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Peter Owen Publishers

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0720614848

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9780720614848

The Kingdom of León-Castilla Under King Alfonso VII, 1126-1157

By: Bernard F. Reilly

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The Kingdom of León-Castilla Under King Alfonso VII, 1126-1157

By: Bernard F. Reilly

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León and Galicia Under Queen Sancha and King Fernando I

By: Bernard F. Reilly,Simon R. Doubleday

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León and Galicia Under Queen Sancha and King Fernando I

León and Galicia Under Queen Sancha and King Fernando I

The Contest of Christian and Muslim Spain 1031 - 1157

The Contest of Christian and Muslim Spain 1031 - 1157

The Medieval Spains

The Medieval Spains

The Kingdom of León-Castilla Under King Alfonso VII, 1126-1157

The Kingdom of León-Castilla Under King Alfonso VII, 1126-1157

The F. D. R. Memoirs

The F. D. R. Memoirs

Seeds of Fiction

Seeds of Fiction

The Kingdom of León-Castilla Under King Alfonso VII, 1126-1157

The Kingdom of León-Castilla Under King Alfonso VII, 1126-1157

León and Galicia Under Queen Sancha and King Fernando I

León and Galicia Under Queen Sancha and King Fernando I

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