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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      November 2009
      August 1997
      ISBN:
      9780511585128
      9780521497275
      9780521894067
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511585128
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.745kg, 386 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.74kg, 388 Pages
      • Subjects:
      British History 1066-1450, Area Studies, European History 1000-1450, History, European Studies
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series (34)
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    Subjects:
    British History 1066-1450, Area Studies, European History 1000-1450, History, European Studies
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series (34)
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    This volume examines the nature of aristocratic society in the Spanish kingdom of León and Castile in the twelfth century. Drawing on an extensive range of original sources, many of them unpublished, it highlights the unrivalled wealth, status and power enjoyed by some members of the aristocracy. It also explores the multifarious roles that lay magnates were expected to fulfil: as family protectors, landlords and judges; as courtiers, diplomats and military commanders; and, not least, as patrons of the church. The nobility of León and Castile experienced a number of important changes during this period. There are signs that a few great families began to develop an embryonic sense of lineage. The struggle for ascendancy with al-Andalus - Muslim Spain - also enabled some magnates to acquire influence far from their traditional centres of power, and the concept of crusade made itself felt in aristocratic circles. The book's Appendices include a unique biographical study of the counts of León and Castile and a selection of genealogical tables.

    Awards

    The Aristocracy in Twelfth-Century León and Castile was awarded the Premio del Rey Prize by the American Historical Association in 1998

    Reviews

    ‘ … a sound and thorough book’.

    Source: Journal of Ecclesiastical History

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