The Crusader Kingdom of Valencia: Volume II The Crusader Kingdom of Valencia: Reconstruction on a Thirteenth-Century Frontier, Volume 2

Almohad power crippled by Hispanic states at battle of Las Navas de Tolosa. Peter I "the Catholic" of Aragon killed at Muret battle; waning of Aragonese hold on Languedoc. James I, minor of five years, is king; reigns from 1217. Abortive attempt on Valencia kingdom ; Peñíscola siege. Balearics crusade; Majorca city falls. Pact with Sa c Id of Valencia. Valencia crusade begins ; Morella taken. Burriana sieged, falls on July 28; much of northern Valencia kingdom follows. Tarragona metropolitan conquers Ibiza in Balearics. Monzón general parliament gives new life to Valencia crusade; James begins use of title "King of Valencia." Pitched battle and Christian victory at Puig, just above Valencia city. Valencia city sieged, falls (September 28). Alcira falls. Játiva sieged, taken. Almizra treaty with Castile. Biar falls, Murcia border reached ; end of crusade. Valencian Moslems rebel under al-Yazrayl. In west, Seville falls to Ferdinand. Corbeil treaty with France, loss of Languedoc claims. Second al-Yazrayi war. Prince Peter (b. 1240) marries Constance, Hohenstaufen heir; by now associated in governmental affairs. Moslem revolts in Andalusia, Murcia, possibly Valencia. Castilians ask Aragonese help. Expeditions by Prince Peter into Murcia; conquest completed by James I (Murcia city falls, 1266). Abortive crusade to Holy Land by James I. James I at ecumenical council of Lyons. Returns to find revolt by Catalan-Aragonese nobles, civil disturbances in Valencia city. Great Moslem revolt in Valencia kingdom. King James dies at Valencia city (June 27), aged 68. Peter III " the Great" succeeds; Montpellier, Balearics, Roussillon to brother James as separate kingdom. King Peter pacifies the Valencian Moslem rebels. Catalan barons revolt; subdued. "Sicilian Vespers"; King Peter clears Sicily of Angevin-papal forces, is excommunicated. 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. CONTENTS APPENDIX I. CIVIL AND MILITARY CHRONOLOGY APPENDIX II. SAINTS ON THE VALENCIAN FRONTIER APPENDIX III. CHURCHES OF THE VALENCIA DIOCESE, 1279-1280, DISTRIBUTION AND INCOME BIBLIOGRAPHY ABBREVIATIONS NOTES INDEX