A study tracing how papal crusading ideology was applied to the centuries of Iberian warfare between Christian and Muslim rulers from the twelfth century onward, and how much of that warfare's earlier centuries were driven by territorial and dynastic aims rather than religious ones.
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University press study by a leading historian of medieval Iberia, the standard scholarly treatment of when and how "crusade" language and indulgences actually attached to the centuries-long Reconquista rather than being read backward onto all of it. NotesUniversity press study by a leading historian of medieval Iberia, the standard scholarly treatment of when and how "crusade" language and indulgences actually attached to the centuries-long Reconquista rather than being read backward onto all of it.
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AuthorJoseph F. O'Callaghan
PublisherUniversity of Pennsylvania Press
Publication Year2003
Source Typeacademic monograph
Claims Backed By This Source (32 claims)
This source backs 32 claims across the atlas. As facts: 20 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 4 holds, 3 connected. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Wars & Conflicts, 13 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 4 holds, 2 connected, 1 general references.
- Open Questions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Articles, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 general references.
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