King Alfonso VIII of Castile: Government, Family, and War (Fordham Series in Medieval Studies)

King Alfonso VIII of Castile: Government, Family and War brings together a diverse group of scholars whose work concerns the reign of Alfonso VIII (1158–1215). This was a critical period in the history of the Iberian peninsula, when the conflict between the Christian north and the Moroccan empire of the Almohads was at its most intense, while the political divisions between the five Christian kingdoms reached their high-water mark. From his troubled ascension as a child to his victory at Las Navas de Tolosa near the end of his fifty-seven-year reign, Alfonso VIII and his kingdom were at the epicenter of many of the most dramatic events of the era. Contributors: Martin Alvira Cabrer, Janna Bianchini, Sam Zeno Conedera, S.J., Miguel Dolan Gómez, Carlos de Ayala Martínez, Kyle C. Lincoln, Joseph O’Callaghan, Teofi lo F. Ruiz, Miriam Shadis, Damian J. Smith, James J. Todesca Contents 8 List of Abbreviations 10 Alfonso VIII: An Introduction • Teofilo F. Ruiz 14 1. Ideas of Kingship in the Preambles of Alfonso VIII’s Charters • Joseph F. O’Callaghan 24 2. Selling Castile: Coinage, Propaganda, and Mediterranean Trade in the Age of Alfonso VIII • James J. Todesca 43 3. Th e Infantazgo in the Reign of Alfonso VIII • Janna Bianchini 72 4. “Happier in Daughters than in Sons”: The Children of Alfonso VIII of Castile and Leonor Plantagenet • Miriam Shadis 93 5. A Wall and a Shield: Alfonso VIII and the Military Orders • Sam Zeno Conedera, S.J. 115 6. Holy War and Crusade during the Reign of Alfonso VIII • Carlos de Ayala Martínez 131 7. Alfonso VIII and the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa • Miguel Gómez 156 8. Alfonso VIII and the Papacy • Damian Smith 185 9. “Si Possides Amicum, in Temptatione Posside Illum”: Alfonso VIII and Peter the Catholic • Martín Alvira Cabrer 198 10. A Prosopography of the Castilian Episcopate in the Reign of Alfonso VIII • Kyle C. Lincoln 217 11. Via impugnandi in the Age of Alfonso VIII: Iberian-Christian Kalām and a Latin Triad Revisited • Thomas Burman 234 Acknowledgments 254 List of Contributors 256 Index 258 "King Alfonso VIII of Castile: Government, Family and War brings together a diverse group of scholars whose work concerns the reign of Alfonso VIII (1158-1215). This was a critical period in the history of the Iberian peninsula, when the conflict between the Christian north and the Moroccan empire of the Almohads was at its most intense, while the political divisions between the five Christian kingdoms reached their high-water mark. From his troubled ascension as a child to his victory at Las Navas de Tolosa near the end of his fifty-seven-year reign, Alfonso VIII and his kingdom were at the epicenter of many of the most dramatic events of the era."-- Proporcionat per l'editor "King Alfonso VIII of Castile: Government, Family and War brings together a diverse group of scholars whose work concerns the reign of Alfonso VIII (1158-1215). This was a critical period in the history of the Iberian peninsula, when the conflict between the Christian north and the Moroccan empire of the Almohads was at its most intense, while the political divisions between the five Christian kingdoms reached their high-water mark. From his troubled ascension as a child to his victory at Las Navas de Tolosa near the end of his fifty-seven-year reign, Alfonso VIII and his kingdom were at the epicenter of many of the most dramatic events of the era."--Provided by publisher This book brings together a diverse group of scholars whose work concerns the reign of Alfonso VIII (1158–1215). This was a critical period in the history of the Iberian Peninsula, when the conflict between the Christian north and the Moroccan empire of the Almohads was at its most intense, while the political divisions between the five Christian kingdoms reached their high-water mark. From his troubled ascension as a child to his victory at Las Navas de Tolosa near the end of his fifty-seven-year reign, Alfonso VIII and his kingdom were at the epicenter of many of the most dramatic events of the era. This text brings together a diverse group of scholars whose work concerns the reign of Alfonso VIII (1158-1215). This was a critical period in the history of the Iberian Peninsula, when the conflict between the Christian north and the Moroccan empire of the Almohads was at its most intense, while the political divisions between the five Christian kingdoms reached their high-water mark. From his troubled ascension as a child to his victory at Las Navas de Tolosa near the end of his 57 year reign, Alfonso VIII and his kingdom were at the epicenter of many of the most dramatic events of the era