The Mercenary Mediterranean_ Sovereignty, Religion, and Violence in the Medieval Crown of Aragon - Hussein Fancy

acknowledgments xv

I am grateful to Randy Petilos and Michael Koplow at the University

of Chicago Press and for the incisive comments of the anonymous readers.

I wish also to thank the Social Science Research Council, Fulbright- Hays

Program, Medieval Academy of America, Program for Cultural Coop-

eration with Spain’s Ministry of Culture, Charlotte Newcombe Founda-

tion, Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for

the Humanities, Carnegie Scholars Program, and American Council of

Learned Societies for their generous support for the research and writing

of this book.

I am grateful for my wonderful family, scattered in New England, New

York, England, and Pakistan. I owe my deepest debt to Jane Lynch, who

endured countless conversations about medieval kingship, law, and theol-

ogy and still wanted to read and did read every word of this book with

care and love. Jane, this book is for you, just as it would not be but for you.