The Crusader Kingdom of Valencia: Volume I The Crusader Kingdom of Valencia: Reconstruction on a Thirteenth-Century Frontier, Volume 1

The collapse of the Moslem kingdom of Valencia in the second quarter of the thirteenth century marked a major step in the Christian reconquest of Spain. Within half a century, the vast, hostile land the crusaders had won was consolidated into a secure Christian kingdom. Throughout this reconstruction the church of Valencia was everywhere in the forefront. In this comprehensive history, Robert Ignatius Burns examines the Valencian church and its secular role during the period and relates the dramatic, turbulent, sometimes tragic story of the advance of the medieval frontier. PREFACE CONTENTS I THE CHURCH AND THE VALENCIAN FRONTIER II CATHEDRAL, BISHOP, AND CHAPTER III NEIGHBORS, AND INTRUDERS IV THE PARISH AS A FRONTIER INSTITUTION V THE PARISH IN ACTION VI THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN VALENCIA VII FRONTIER PASTOR AND PEOPLE VIII ECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS OF THE DIOCESE OF VALENCIA IX ENDING THE TITHE WAR X THE MILITARY ORDERS AS FRONTIER INSTITUTIONS XI THE MENDICANT ORDERS XII MONKS AND NUNS ON THE VALENCIAN FRONTIER XIII THE HOSPITALS OF THE KINGDOM OF VALENCIA XIV THE SHADOW OF CASTILE: WARDING OFF THE STRANGER XV ST. VINCENT' S: CROWN OF THE IDEOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION XVI CONCLUSION