Research Catalog

Title

The Worlds of Alfonso the Learned and James the Conqueror : intellect & force in the Middle Ages / Robert I. Burns, editor.

Publication

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1985.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Burns, Robert I., 1921-2008.
• University of California, Los Angeles. Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.

Description

xxv, 232 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Subject

• Alfonso X, King of Castile and Leon, 1221-1284
• James I, King of Aragon, 1208-1276
• Alfonso X, Rey de Castilla
• Jaime I, Rey de Aragón
• Alfonso X, King of Castile and Leon, 1221-1284
• James I, King of Aragon, 1208-1276
• 500-1516
• Learning and scholarship > History > Medieval, 500-1500
• Learning and scholarship > Medieval
• Spain > History > 711-1516
• España > Historia > 414-1474
• Spain
• Spain > Intellectual life > 711-1516

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• "Published under the auspices of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, University of California, Los Angeles."
• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. [217]-220.

Contents

Castle of intellect, castle of force: the worlds of Alfonso the Learned and James the Conqueror / Robert I. Burns -- Prelude to power: kingship and constitution in the realms of Aragon, 1175-1250 / Thomas N. Bisson -- Paths to ruin: the economic and financial policies of Alfonso the Learned / Joseph F. O'Callaghan -- Patronage and piety: Catalan letters from Llull to March / Jill R. Webster -- Two warrior-kings and their municipal militias: the townsman-soldier in law and life / James F. Powers -- James the Conqueror: Montpellier and southern France / Archibald R. Lewis -- Law and politics: Alfonso's program of political reform / Robert A. MacDonald.

ISBN

• 0691054517
• 9780691054513
• 0608063878
• 9780608063874

LCCN

85042678

OCLC

• ocm12078899
• 12078899
• SCSB-623698

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library