The Gibraltar Crusade : Castile and the Battle for the Strait.
Title:
The Gibraltar Crusade : Castile and the Battle for the Strait.
Author:
O'Callaghan, Joseph F.
ISBN:
9780812204636
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (393 pages)
Series:
The Middle Ages Series
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Genealogical Tables -- Chapter 1. Spain and the Strait of Gibraltar -- Chapter 2. Alfonso X's African Crusade -- Chapter 3. The Crusade Against the Mudéjars -- Chapter 4. The Crusade Against the Marinids -- Chapter 5. Sancho IV and the Conquest of Tarifa -- Chapter 6. The Crusades of Gibraltar, Almería, and Algeciras -- Chapter 7. The Early Crusades of Alfonso XI's Reign -- Chapter 8. The Loss of Gibraltar and the Crusade of Salado -- Chapter 9. The Crusade of Algeciras and Gibraltar -- Chapter 10. Waging the Crusade of Gibraltar -- Chapter 11. The Aftermath: The Strait of Gibraltar to 1492 -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
Abstract:
Joseph O'Callaghan offers the first full and authoritative history of the epic battle for control of the Strait of Gibraltar waged by Castile, Morocco, and Granada in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries-a major, but often overlooked chapter in the Christian reconquest of Spain.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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