Description
Book SynopsisA study of medieval Spain and its historians, from the chroniclers of the Middle Ages to the revisionists of the post-Franco era. This book reveals history in the making during the 800 years between the Roman period and what is now described as the birth of the modern state.
Trade Review'This is an intriguing book. Lengthy and witty, Linehan's book is nevertheless primarily a work of formidable scholarship. Linehan has an unrivalled grasp of the early medieval Church and its doings.' Times Literary Supplement
'The theme of this notable book is the manipulation of Spain's medieval history by Spanish historians, then or later. In the course of his ample investigations, impeccably researched, cogently and often wittingly presented, he succeeds in this aim and offers us a great deal more besides. This is a weighty and distinguished contribution not merely to Spanish medieval studies but to the history of historiography at large. This splendid book deserves to be widely read.' R.A. Fletcher, University of York, EHR Jun '94
This vast book is a study of medieval Spain between the end of the Roman period and the fourteenth century, and its historians, from the chroniclers of the middle ages to the post-Franco era. * The Medieval World *
This is an immensely learned book, which displays great sophistication within a very restricted area ... the persistent student may learn a great deal from what he has to say ... This book may, therefore, be recommended for its learning, at times for its wit, and for some mordant characterizations of major episodes in Spanish medieval history. * John Edwards, Journal of Theological Studies, Vol. 47, No. 1, Apr '96 *
Table of ContentsAbbreviations; Philip II and Hermenegild; III Toledo and its legacy; King Wamba and XII Toledo; The chronicle of Alfonso III; The reign of Ordono II: from Oviedo to Leon; Leon and Castile in the eleventh century; The reconquest of Toledo 1085; 1147; Toledo and the political fragmentation of the peninsula; Toledo after 1182; The history of Spain according to De rebus Hispaniae; D. Rodrigo and D. Lucas; The later thirteenth century; Yet again the coronation of 1135; Toledo after 1295; Alvarus Pelagius his Speculum regum; The chronicle of Alfonso XI and its author; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.
