1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464122203321

Autore

O'Callaghan Joseph F

Titolo

The Gibraltar crusade : Castile and the battle for the Strait / / Joseph F. O'Callaghan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-89689-3

0-8122-0463-8

9780812204636

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 376 pages) : illustrations, map

Collana

The Middle Ages series

Disciplina

946/.02

Soggetti

Crusades - 13th-15th centuries

Electronic books.

Granada (Spain : Reino) History, Military

Gibraltar, Strait of Strategic aspects

Gibraltar, Strait of History, Military

Castile (Spain) History, Military

Spain History 711-1516

Morocco History, Military

Granada (Kingdom) History, Military

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-364) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Spain and the Strait of Gibraltar -- Alfonso X's African crusade -- The crusade against the Mudéjars -- The crusade against the Marinids -- Sancho IV and the conquest of Tarifa -- The crusades of Gibraltar, Almaería, and Algeciras -- The early crusades of Alfonso XI's reign -- The loss of Gibraltar and the crusade of Salado -- The crusade of Algeciras and Gibraltar -- Waging the crusade of Gibraltar -- The aftermath : the Strait of Gibraltar to 1492.

Sommario/riassunto

The epic battle for control of the Strait of Gibraltar waged by Castile, Morocco, and Granada in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries is a major, but often overlooked, chapter in the history of the Christian reconquest of Spain. After the Castilian conquest of Seville in 1248 and the submission of the Muslim kingdom of Granada as a



vassal state, the Moors no longer loomed as a threat and the reconquest seemed to be over. Still, in the following century, the Castilian kings, prompted by ideology and strategy, attempted to dominate the Strait. As self-proclaimed heirs of the Visigoths, they aspired not only to reconstitute the Visigothic kingdom by expelling the Muslims from Spain but also to conquer Morocco as part of the Visigothic legacy. As successive bands of Muslims over the centuries had crossed the Strait from Morocco into Spain, the kings of Castile recognized the strategic importance of securing Algeciras, Gibraltar, and Tarifa, the ports long used by the invaders.At a time when European enthusiasm for the crusade to the Holy Land was on the wane, the Christian struggle for the Strait received the character of a crusade as papal bulls conferred the crusading indulgence as well as ancillary benefits. The Gibraltar Crusade had mixed results. Although the Castilians seized Gibraltar in 1309 and Algeciras in 1344, the Moors eventually repossessed them. Only Tarifa, captured in 1292, remained in Castilian hands. Nevertheless, the power of the Marinid dynasty of Morocco was broken at the battle of Salado in 1340, and for the remainder of the Middle Ages Spain was relieved of the threat of Moroccan invasion. While the reconquest remained dormant during the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries, Ferdinand and Isabella conquered Granada, the last Muslim outpost in Spain, in 1492. In subsequent years Castile fulfilled its earlier aspirations by establishing a foothold in Morocco.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA990004247930403321

Autore

Romani, Anna Rita

Titolo

La stilistica di Giacomo Devoto / Anna Rita Romani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Roma, : Bulzoni, 1999

ISBN

88-8319-304-0

Descrizione fisica

248 p. ; 18 cm

Collana

Strumenti di ricerca ; 73-74

Disciplina

410.92

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

450 ROMA 01

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia