The Western Mediterranean Kingdoms_ The Struggle for Dominion, 1200-1500

THE \".'ESTERN MEDITERR~I\EAN KINGDOMS 1200-1500 or desolate land, for instance in Minorca; the experiment was not a success. Th ...

THE END OF THE HOUSE OF BARCELONA one, it was an ill-advised move that very nearly cost him an exorbitant price: Pedro sent Cast ...

THE V.'ESTERJ\ MEDITERRA.I\'EAN KINGDOMS 1200-1500 the royal dynasty. No earlier king of Aragon had been so clear in his mind th ...

THE END OF THE HOUSE OF BARCELONA over seventy years later. Around this time the Catalan duchy of Athens finally succumbed to pr ...

THE WESTERN MEDITERRA.NE/1.1\ KINGDOMS 1~00-1500 Political boundaries were no barrier to the spread of the pogroms towards Valen ...

THE El'\0 OF THE HOUSE OF BARCELOI'\A were not necessarily defenders of the established Church. Demands for tax concessions resu ...

THE WESTERN MEDITERRA.NEAN KINGDOMS 1200-ISOO of crown lands, and from other meetings help against Mus- lim piracy and other aff ...

THE END OF THE HOUSE OF BARCELONA of approval from Martin, notably his nomination as royal lieutenant; but he damaged his reputa ...

THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN KINGDOMS 1200-EiOO There was, of course, a reaction. James of Urgell invaded, hoping for English aid f ...

THE END OF THE HOUSE OF BARCELONA Mention must also be made of a rare change in out- look among the kings of Aragon on one issue ...

THE Vv'ESTERN MEDITERR>\NEAN Kll\'GDOMS 1200-1500 CONCLUSION The fourteenth century, which saw such difficulties emerge in so ...

THE END OF THE HOUSE OF BARCELONA taxes owing to the city of Barcelona. As will soon be plain, these were unsettled times for th ...

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Chapter 9 ALFONSO THE MAGNANIMOUS AND THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OFANJOU JOANNA II, 'THE STRAW QUEEN' The reign ofJoanna II of Anjou ...

THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN KINGDOMS 1200-1!100 in 1432. Equally disastrous was her decision to show favour to a family of mercena ...

ALFONSO THE MAGNANIMOCS AND THE FALL OF ANJOU claimants to a crown whose grand titles were no more than an empty fac;ade. RENE O ...

THE V\'ESTERN MEDITERR.~NEAN KINGDOMS 1200-1!100 of Caspe. His own immediate prospects seemed to lie in the borderlands between ...

ALFONSO THE MAGNANIMOLlS AND THE FALL OF ANJOLl Then things began to improve: the duke's terms were accepted; an embassy to Fili ...