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

In memory of

R.C. Smail

The wisdom of man is to be found in his writings,
And the tip of his pen carries understanding,
So that with his pen as his staff he can ascend
As high as the sceptre in the hand of a king.
Samuel ibn Naghrila ha-Nagid,
vizier of Granada (993-1056)