{"product_id":"the-last-crusade-in-the-west-castile-and-the-conquest-of-granada-hardback-9780812245875","title":"The Last Crusade in the West; Castile and the Conquest of Granada (Hardback) 9780812245875","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Last Crusade in the West\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCastile and the Conquest of Granada\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoseph F. O'Callaghan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812245875\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 18 April 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages, 7 illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Extremely useful book. \u003ci\u003eThe Last Crusade\u003c\/i\u003e follows the thread of Crusade rhetoric and Castilian diplomatic and military operations through the century prior to the conquest of Granada; it is told with skill and erudition.\" (\u003ci\u003eSpeculum\u003c\/i\u003e) \"With this final volume in his ambitious trilogy, Joseph F. O'Callaghan offers the fullest history of the \u003ci\u003eReconquista\u003c\/i\u003e that has ever been made available in English. His familiarity with the sources for medieval Iberian history rivals that of any other contemporary scholar.\" (Norman Housley, University of Leicester) \"This book is the final volume of Joseph O'Callaghan's excellent trilogy on the crusading movement in medieval Spain. . . . [It] describes the final series of Castilian campaigns against the emirate of Granada, beginning in the mid-fourteenth century and culminating in the surrender of the city to Fernando and Isabel in 1492. . . . A good addition to the shelves of anyone interested in the crusades, Iberian history, or Christian-Muslim relations in the Mediterranean.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Medieval Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the middle of the fourteenth century, Christian control of the Iberian Peninsula extended to the borders of the emirate of Granada, whose Muslim rulers acknowledged Castilian suzerainty. No longer threatened by Moroccan incursions, the kings of Castile were diverted from completing the Reconquest by civil war and conflicts with neighboring Christian kings. Mindful, however, of their traditional goal of recovering lands formerly ruled by the Visigoths, whose heirs they claimed to be, the Castilian monarchs continued intermittently to assault Granada until the late fifteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e Matters changed thereafter, when Fernando and Isabel launched a decade-long effort to subjugate Granada. Utilizing artillery and expending vast sums of money, they methodically conquered each Naṣrid stronghold until the capitulation of the city of Granada itself in 1492. Effective military and naval organization and access to a diversity of financial resources, joined with papal crusading benefits, facilitated the final conquest. Throughout, the Naṣrids had emphasized the urgency of a \u003ci\u003ejihād\u003c\/i\u003e waged against the Christian infidels, while the Castilians affirmed that the expulsion of the \"enemies of our Catholic faith\" was a necessary, just, and holy cause. The fundamentally religious character of this last stage of conflict cannot be doubted, Joseph F. O'Callaghan argues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Note on Money\u003cbr\u003e Genealogical Tables\u003cbr\u003e 1. Kings of Castile-LeÓn\u003cbr\u003e 2. Kings of Portugal\u003cbr\u003e 3. Kings of AragÓn\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Naṣrid Emirs of Granada\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Castile and the Emirate of Granada\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Pedro I: An Era of Ambivalence\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. The Early TrastÁmaras: An Era of Peace\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. The Crusades of Antequera and Ceuta\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. The Failed Crusades of Juan II\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. The Intermittent Crusades of Enrique IV\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Fernando and Isabel's Crusade: From Alhama to MÁlaga\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. The End of the Crusade: From Baza to Granada\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. The Frontier in Peace and War\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. A War of Religions\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52555718131992,"sku":"9780812245875","price":53.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-last-crusade-in-the-west-castile-and-the-conquest-of-granada-hardback-9780812245875","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}