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Ferdinand and Isabella / Jo...
This book is about a couple, not a single, dominant ruler. Thus it raises issues of gender, and the dynamics of a marriage over thirty-five years, as well as the practice of monarchical power. The reader sees Ferdinand and Isabella struggle to establish their regime, and then work out an elaborate reform programme in Church and State. It sees them fight a 'total war', by fifteenth-century standards, against Muslim Granada, leading to that kingdom's conquest, and an equally 'total' war, through the Inquisition and the Church in general, to convert Spanish Jews and Muslims to Christianity, an
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monografia Rebiun19164648 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun19164648 m o d cr cnu---unuuu 140614s2014 enk o 000 0 eng d 9781317893455 131789345X EBLCP eng pn EBLCP NT UKMGB OCLCF OCLCQ OCL OCLCQ UNAV 946/.03/0922 22 Edwards, John 1949-) Ferdinand and Isabella John Edwards London Routledge, Taylor and Francis 2014 London London Routledge, Taylor and Francis 213 p. 213 p. EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete Profiles in power Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Map; Introduction; 1 Inheritance and Apprenticeship; 2 Building a Regime; Crown of Castile; Crown of Aragon; 3 The War against Islam; 4 Defenders of the Faith; Jews, converts and the Inquisition; Christianity and the Church; Islam; 5 Diplomacy and Expansion; Conquest; Diplomacy; Exploration and colonization; 6 Court and Culture; The courts; Culture; 7 Dynasty and Legacy; Royal marriages; Isabella's will; Legacy; Epilogue; Chronology; Monetary Values; Glossary; Further Reading; Index This book is about a couple, not a single, dominant ruler. Thus it raises issues of gender, and the dynamics of a marriage over thirty-five years, as well as the practice of monarchical power. The reader sees Ferdinand and Isabella struggle to establish their regime, and then work out an elaborate reform programme in Church and State. It sees them fight a 'total war', by fifteenth-century standards, against Muslim Granada, leading to that kingdom's conquest, and an equally 'total' war, through the Inquisition and the Church in general, to convert Spanish Jews and Muslims to Christianity, an Forma de acceso: World Wide Web