The Medieval Crown of Aragon A Short History

by Bisson, Thomas N.

• ISBN13: 9780198202363
• ISBN10: 0198202369
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-04-11
• Publisher: Clarendon Press

Summary

This book--the first study of its kind in English in more than fifty years--surveys the history of the medieval Crown of Aragon from its early origins in counties of the eastern Pyrenees. Reviewing the most recent research into the well-preserved archives of the region, Bisson recreates a sense of the energy, drama, and color of these creative and expansionist people between the 12th and 15th centuries. Throughout, the book duly stresses individual achievement and personality while at the same time providing a balanced overview of political and dynastic evolution, institutional foundations, economic and cultural affairs, and the socio-economic weaknesses that eventually led to a crisis in the federated realms in the late Middle Ages.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations

List of maps

Prologue

Before the union

The age of the early count-kings (1137-1213)

James the Conqueror (1213-1276)

Mediterranean expansion (1276-1336)

Peter the Ceremonious and his sons (1336-1410)

The Trastßmaras (1412-1479)

Prosperity and crisis in the later middle ages

Epilogue

Note on the translation of proper names

Glossary

Geneological tables

Bibliographical notes

Index

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