Victory's shadow : conquest and governance in medieval Catalonia /

Examines how Christian forces conquered and painstakingly integrated the Muslim-ruled territory south of Barcelona over the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth centuries to form the remainder of the region known as Catalonia, a process that exerted lasting changes on the practice of governance througho...

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Main Author: Barton, Thomas W., 1976- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2019.
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Summary:Examines how Christian forces conquered and painstakingly integrated the Muslim-ruled territory south of Barcelona over the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth centuries to form the remainder of the region known as Catalonia, a process that exerted lasting changes on the practice of governance throughout eastern Iberia.
Physical Description:xiv, 411 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781501736162
1501736167