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The Reconquest Kings of Portugal

Political and Cultural Reorientation on the Medieval Frontier

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  1. Stephen Lay
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Stephen Lay
    Pages 1-5

  3. Portuguese Society in the Eleventh Century: Conquest, Reconquest or Convivencia?

    • Stephen Lay
    Pages 6-36

  4. Ambition in a World of Turmoil: Count Henry (1096–1112) and Infanta Teresa (1112–1128)

    • Stephen Lay
    Pages 37-70

  5. The Nascent Kingdom: Consolidation and Expansion under Afonso Henriques (1128–1148)

    • Stephen Lay
    Pages 71-102

  6. Papal Recognition of Portuguese Royalty (1147–1179)

    • Stephen Lay
    Pages 103-142

  7. Consolidation and Opportunity (1179–1211)

    • Stephen Lay
    Pages 143-170

  8. Shifting Priorities: Portuguese Relations with the Latin Church in the Thirteenth Century

    • Stephen Lay
    Pages 171-204

  9. The Science of Kingship: Institutional Innovation during the Reign of Afonso II (1211–1223)

    • Stephen Lay
    Pages 205-230

  10. The Final Campaign: Sancho II, Afonso III and the Completion of the Reconquest in Portugal (1223–1250)

    • Stephen Lay
    Pages 231-260

  11. Conclusion: The Reconquest Kings of Portugal

    • Stephen Lay
    Pages 261-264

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 265-332
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Examines the political development of Portugal between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. Taking place amid the struggle between Christendom and the Islamic world for control over the Iberian Peninsula, the formation of Portugal also depended on the growing European influence felt throughout the peninsula during these centuries.

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"The study addresses the major historical debates regarding Portugal as well as the peninsula at large, includes a fine bibliography, and provides an updated, utilitarian overview of an important medieval monarchy." - CHOICE

"[This book] helps to fill a noticeable gap in English-language historiography." - Speculum

About the author

STEPHEN LAY has been Lecturer in History at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, and later Executive Officer of the Monash University London Centre. He is currently Graduate Studies Assistant at the University of Oxford, and has published several journal articles. His essay 'The Interpretation of the Magna Charta' received the Romanzi award and was published as a monograph in 2004.

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