03311nam 2200601Ia 450 991095958800332120200520144314.09780674034297067403429510.4159/9780674034297(CKB)1000000000805441(SSID)ssj0000189249(PQKBManifestationID)11179643(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000189249(PQKBWorkID)10156533(PQKB)10549859(MiAaPQ)EBC3300592(Au-PeEL)EBL3300592(CaPaEBR)ebr10326137(OCoLC)923112266(DE-B1597)574394(DE-B1597)9780674034297(Perlego)1147286(EXLCZ)99100000000080544120010206d2001 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Lara family crown and nobility in medieval Spain /Simon R. DoubledayCambridge, MA Harvard University Press20011 online resource (vi, 198 pages) mapsHarvard historical studies ;141Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780674006065 0674006062 Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-179) and index.Frontmatter --Acknowledgments --Contents --Maps --Introduction --I Symbiosis --1 The Chains of Love --2 The Revels of War --3 A Zenith and a Nadir --II Confrontation --4 The Road to Rebellion --5 Revolt, Rapprochement, and Rumor --6 Ricos Hombres --Conclusion --Abbreviations --Notes --The Tenancies of the Laras --Principal Figures of the Lara Family --Glossary of Spanish Terms --IndexFor much of the Middle Ages, the Lara family was among the most powerful aristocratic lineages in Spain. Protégés of the monarchy at the time of El Cid, their influence reached extraordinary heights during the struggle against the Moors. Hand-in-glove with successive kings, they gathered an impressive array of military and political positions across the Iberian Peninsula. But cooperation gave way to confrontation, as the family was pitted against the crown in a series of civil wars.This book, the first modern study of the Laras, explores the causes of change in the dynamics of power, and narrates the dramatic story of the events that overtook the family. The Laras' militant quest for territorial strength and the conflict with the monarchy led toward a fatal end, but anticipated a form of aristocratic power that long outlived the family. The noble elite would come to dominate Spanish society in the coming centuries, and the Lara family provides important lessons for students of the history of nobility, monarchy, and power in the medieval and early modern world. Harvard historical studies ;v. 141.NobilitySpainCastileCastile (Spain)HistoryNobility929.20946Doubleday Simon R1810045MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910959588003321The Lara family4361170UNINA