Victory's Shadow
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"Victory's Shadow shows how the acquisition and integration of New Catalonia was a lengthy and nonlinear process built on previous failures, on contests among rulers, on negotiations with ecclesiastical and secular magnates, and on the fate of territory further afield. With impressive attention to local political and economic contexts and changes in policies and possibilities over two and a half centuries, the book is a marvelously fine-grained account of the mechanics and logics of conquest."
» Citation from the American Historical Association's 2020 Premio del Rey Committee
At the beginning of the eleventh century, Catalonia was a patchwork of counties, viscounties, and lordships that bordered Islamic al-Andalus to the south. Over the next two centuries, the region underwent a dramatic transformation. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Cornell University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 432
- ISBN
- 9781501736162
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
- Priser
- Winner of Premio del Rey 2020 United States. Runner-up for Royal Studies Journal Book Prize United States.
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"Victory's Shadow shows how the acquisition and integration of New Catalonia was a lengthy and nonlinear process built on previous failures, on contests among rulers, on negotiations with ecclesiastical and secular magnates, and on the fate of territory further afield. With impressive attention to local political and economic contexts and changes in policies and possibilities over two and a half centuries, the book is a marvelously fine-grained account of the mechanics and logics of conquest."
» Citation from the American Historical Association's 2020 Premio del Rey Committee
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An extremely impressive work of scholarship that combines meticulous archival work with a deep knowledge of regional history and historiography to illuminate the complex mechanics of administration in this important and fascinating corner of medieval Latin Christendom.
» SPECULUM
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Victory's Shadow is an important contribution to the field, of interest also to those studying multicultural frontiers in the medieval period and beyond.
» AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW
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An important contribution to the field; of interest also to those studying multicultural frontiers in the medieval period and beyond.
» American Historical Review
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A thorough and well-documented study of one of medieval Europe's less well-known frontiers.
» SIXTEENTH CENTURY JOURNAL
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Thomas Barton's Victory's Shadow offers a refreshing antidote to the traditional Reconquista narrative. His rich and careful account, based on years of archival research offers a compelling alternative to triumphalist narratives of conquest, by placing much of the focus instead on what happens after conquest—governance and consolidation.
» The Medieval Review
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Victory's Shadow offers a significant contribution to scholarship on the medieval Iberian frontier. A welcome new approach to frontier history it is the product of meticulous research conducted over many years in a range of Spanish archives, as well as an impressive acquaintance with secondary literature and will be appreciated by scholars interested in premodern Iberian and Mediterranean history, in the history of Christian-Muslim relations, in the origins of European expansionism, and in frontier history.
» Journal of Military History