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Victory's Shadow

Conquest and Governance in Medieval Catalonia

By: Thomas W. Barton

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Victory's Shadow

Conquest and Governance in Medieval Catalonia

By: Thomas W. Barton

At the beginning of the eleventh century, Catalonia was a patchwork of counties, viscounties, and lordships that bordered Islamic al-Andalus to the south. Over the next two centuries, the region underwent a dramatic transformation. The counts of Barcelona secured title to the neighboring kingdom of Aragon through marriage and this newly constituted Crown of Aragon, after numerous failed attempts, finally conquered the Islamic states positioned along its southern frontier in the mid-twelfth century. Successful conquest, however, necessitated considerable organizational challenges that threatened to destabilize, politically and economically, this triumphant regime. The Aragonese monarchy's efforts to overcome these adversities, consolidate its authority, and capitalize on its military victories would impose lasting changes on its governmental framework and exert considerable influence over future expansionist projects. In Victory's Shadow, Thomas W. Barton offers a sweeping new account of the capture and long-term integration of Muslim-ruled territories by an ascendant Christian regime and a detailed analysis of the influence of this process on the governmental, economic, and broader societal development of both Catalonia and the greater Crown of Aragon. Based on over a decade of extensive archival research, Victory's Shadow deftly reconstructs and evaluates the decisions, outcomes, and costs involved in this experience of territorial integration and considers its implications for ongoing debates regarding the dynamics of expansionism across the diverse boundary zones of medieval Europe.

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Cornell University Press

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1501736175

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Contested Treasure

Jews and Authority in the Crown of Aragon

By: Thomas W. Barton

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Contested Treasure

Jews and Authority in the Crown of Aragon

By: Thomas W. Barton

In Contested Treasure, Thomas Barton examines how the Jews in the Crown of Aragon in the twelfth through fourteenth centuries negotiated the overlapping jurisdictions and power relations of local lords and the crown. The thirteenth century was a formative period for the growth of royal bureaucracy and the development of the crown’s legal claims regarding the Jews. While many Jews were under direct royal authority, significant numbers of Jews also lived under nonroyal and seigniorial jurisdiction. Barton argues that royal authority over the Jews (as well as Muslims) was far more modest and contingent on local factors than is usually recognized. Diverse case studies reveal that the monarchy’s Jewish policy emerged slowly, faced considerable resistance, and witnessed limited application within numerous localities under nonroyal control, thus allowing for more highly differentiated local modes of Jewish administration and coexistence. Contested Treasure refines and complicates our portrait of interfaith relations and the limits of royal authority in medieval Spain, and it presents a new approach to the study of ethnoreligious relations and administrative history in medieval European society.

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Penn State Press

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0271065761

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9780271065762

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 8

1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815

By: Thomas Jefferson

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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 8

1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815

By: Thomas Jefferson

Volume Eight of the project documenting Thomas Jefferson's last years presents 591 documents dated from 1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815. Jefferson is overjoyed by American victories late in the War of 1812 and highly interested in the treaty negotiations that ultimately end the conflict. Following Congress's decision to purchase his library, he oversees the counting, packing, and transportation of his books to Washington. Jefferson uses most of the funds from the sale to pay old debts but spends some of the proceeds on new titles. He resigns from the presidency of the American Philosophical Society, revises draft chapters of Louis H. Girardin's history of Virginia, and advises William Wirt on revolutionary-era Stamp Act resolutions. Jefferson criticizes those who discuss politics from the pulpit, and he drafts a bill to transform the Albemarle Academy into Central College. Monticello visitors Francis W. Gilmer, Francis C. Gray, and George Ticknor describe the mountaintop and its inhabitants, and Gray's visit leads to an exchange with Jefferson about how many generations of white interbreeding it takes to clear Negro blood. Finally, although death takes his nephew Peter Carr and brother Randolph Jefferson, the marriage of his grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph is a continuing source of great happiness. Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.

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Princeton University Press

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140084004X

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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: 1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815

By: Thomas Jefferson

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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: 1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815

By: Thomas Jefferson

The Retirement Series documents Jefferson's written legacy between his return to private life on 4 March 1809 and his death on 4 July 1826. During this period Jefferson founded the University of Virginia and sold his extraordinary library to the nation, but his greatest legacy from these years is the astonishing depth and breadth of his correspondence with statesmen, inventors, scientists, philosophers, and ordinary citizens on topics spanning virtually every field of human endeavor.--From publisher description.

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Princeton University Press

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0691153183

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The Bibliographer's Manual of the English Literature

Vol. 3

By: William Thomas Lowndes

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The Bibliographer's Manual of the English Literature

Vol. 3

By: William Thomas Lowndes

Reprint of the original. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

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3382104733

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The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature

Part VII

By: William Thomas Lowndes

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The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature

Part VII

By: William Thomas Lowndes

Reprint of the original, first published in 1861.

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3375043260

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An History of the Original Parish of Whalley and Honor of Clitheroe

Vol. 1

By: Thomas Dunham Whitaker

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An History of the Original Parish of Whalley and Honor of Clitheroe

Vol. 1

By: Thomas Dunham Whitaker

Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

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3382129019

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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 8

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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: 1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: 1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815

The Bibliographer's Manual of the English Literature

The Bibliographer's Manual of the English Literature

The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature

The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature

An History of the Original Parish of Whalley and Honor of Clitheroe

An History of the Original Parish of Whalley and Honor of Clitheroe

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