The Reconquest kings of Portugal : political and cultural reorientation on the medieval frontier /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Lay, Stephen.
Imprint:	Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Description:	viii, 332 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Monarchy -- Portugal -- History. Kings and rulers -- Portugal -- Biography. Kings and rulers. Monarchy. Politics and government Portugal -- Politics and government -- To 1580. Portugal. Biography. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7547637

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ISBN:	9780230525610 (alk. paper) 023052561X (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-324) and index.

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Introduction
1. Portuguese Society in the Eleventh Century: Conquest, Reconquest or Convivencia?
2. Ambition in a World of Turmoil: Count Henry (1096-1112) and Infanta Teresa (1112-1128)
3. The Nascent Kingdom: Consolidation and Expansion under Afonso Henriques (1128-1148)
4. Papal Recongnition of Portuguese Royalty (1147-1179)
5. Consolidation and Opportunity (1179-1211)
6. Shifting Priorities: Portuguese Relations with the Latin Church in the Thirteenth Century
7. The Science of Kingship: Institutional Innovation during the Reign of Afonso II (1211-1223)
8. The Final Campaign: Sancho II, Afonso III and the Completion of the Reconquest in Portugal (1223-1250)
Conclusion: The Reconquest Kings of Portugal
Appendix: Portuguese Voices
Figures
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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