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Book SynopsisThis volume provides a series of new perspectives on the political, military, and religious history of the reign of Fernando III, king of Castile-León, from 1217-1252. The essays collected here address the conquest of al-Andalus and the policies of Fernando III, Christian-Muslim relations in the Peninsula, the creation and curation of royal networks of power, the role of women at the Castilian court, and the impact of religious change in Castile-León. Assembling an international group of eleven leading scholars on this period of Iberian history, this volume combines military and religious history with a variety of novel approaches and methodologies to ask new and exciting questions about the reign of Fernando III and his place in medieval European history. Contributors are Martín Alvira, Carlos de Ayala Martínez, Janna Bianchini, Bárbara Boloix-Gallardo, Cristina Catalina, Francisco García Fitz, Francisco García-Serrano, Edward L. Holt, Kyle C. Lincoln, Miriam Shadis, and Teresa Witcombe.
Table of Contents Acknowledgments List of Figures and Tables Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Fernando III and His World Edward L. Holt and Teresa Witcombe 1 Empire and Crusade under Fernando III Carlos de Ayala Martínez 2 The Man “Who Broke and Destroyed All of His Enemies”: The Military Action of Fernando III Francisco García Fitz 3 Fernando III and Muḥammad I of Granada: A Time of Collaboration between Two “Incompatible Worlds” Bárbara Boloix-Gallardo 4 In exercitu loco eius pontificalia exercet: Warrior Clerics in the Era of Fernando III Kyle C. Lincoln 5 Dilecta consanguinea mea: Fernando III’s Donation to a Nun of Fontevraud Martín Alvira 6 Laudes regiae: Liturgy and Royal Power in Thirteenth-century Castile-León Edward L. Holt 7 “At the Command of the Infantas”: Royal Women at Las Huelgas in the Thirteenth Century Janna Bianchini 8 Family and Friends: Women at the Court of Fernando III Miriam Shadis 9 The Peculiarities of Frontier Religious Authority in the Age of Fernando III Francisco García-Serrano 10 Literary Expressions of Pastoral Reform during the Reign of Fernando III Cristina Catalina Index
