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Author:

Fancy, Hussein Anwar, 1974- author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008006921

Title:

The mercenary Mediterranean : sovereignty, religion, and violence in the medieval crown of Aragon / Hussein Fancy.

Publisher:

The University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xvii, 310 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Subject:

Soldiers of fortune--Aragon--Aragon--History--13th century.
Soldiers of fortune--Aragon--Aragon--History--14th century.
Foreign enlistment--Aragon--Aragon--History.
Mudéjares--Aragon--Aragon--History.
Muslims--Aragon--Aragon--History--13th century.
Muslims--Aragon--Aragon--History--14th century.
Muslims--Africa, North--History--13th century.
Muslims--Africa, North--History--14th century.
Aragon (Spain)--History, Military--13th century.
Aragon (Spain)--History, Military--14th century.
Foreign enlistment.
Mudéjares.
Muslims.
Soldiers of fortune.
Africa, North.
Spain--Aragon.
1200 - 1399
History.
Military history.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: a mercenary logic -- Etymologies and etiologies -- A sovereign crisis -- Sovereigns and slaves -- A mercenary economy -- The unpaid debt -- The worst men in the world -- Epilogue: medievalism and secularism.

ISBN:

022632964X
9780226329642

OCLC:

(OCoLC)915159467

LCCN:

2015028774

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)