Ferdinand and Isabella

This book is about a couple, not a single, dominant ruler. Thus it raises issues of gender, and the dynamics of a marriage over thirty-five years, as well as the practice of monarchical power. The reader sees Ferdinand and Isabella struggle to establish their regime, and then work out an elaborate r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Edwards, John, 1949- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Routledge, Taylor and Francis 2014.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Profiles in power.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:This book is about a couple, not a single, dominant ruler. Thus it raises issues of gender, and the dynamics of a marriage over thirty-five years, as well as the practice of monarchical power. The reader sees Ferdinand and Isabella struggle to establish their regime, and then work out an elaborate reform programme in Church and State. It sees them fight a 'total war', by fifteenth-century standards, against Muslim Granada, leading to that kingdom's conquest, and an equally 'total' war, through the Inquisition and the Church in general, to convert Spanish Jews and Muslims to Christianity, an.
Descripción Física:213 p.
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781317893455