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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824028503321

Autore

Devereux Andrew

Titolo

The other side of empire : just war in the Mediterranean and the rise of early modern Spain / / Andrew W. Devereux

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2021

ISBN

1-5017-4014-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 pages) : maps (black and white)

Collana

Cornell scholarship online

Disciplina

946.03

Soggetti

War - Moral and ethical aspects - Spain - History

War - Religious aspects - Catholic Church - History

Just war doctrine - History

Spain History Ferdinand and Isabella, 1479-1516

Spain History, Military

Mediterranean Region History, Military

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Terminology -- Introduction -- 1. The Mediterranean in the Spanish Imaginary During the Age of Exploration -- 2. The Christian Commonwealth Besieged -- 3. The Turk Within -- 4. The African Horizon -- 5. The Eastern Chimera -- 6. One Shepherd, One Flock -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Via rigorous study of the legal arguments Spain developed to justify its acts of war and conquest, 'The Other Side of Empire' illuminates Spain's expansionary ventures in the Mediterranean in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.