| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 198 pages) : maps |
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Harvard historical studies ; 141 |
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Harvard historical studies ; v. 141.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Maps -- Introduction -- I Symbiosis -- 1 The Chains of Love -- 2 The Revels of War -- 3 A Zenith and a Nadir -- II Confrontation -- 4 The Road to Rebellion -- 5 Revolt, Rapprochement, and Rumor -- 6 Ricos Hombres -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- The Tenancies of the Laras -- Principal Figures of the Lara Family -- Glossary of Spanish Terms -- Index |
| Summary |
For much of the Middle Ages, the Lara family was among the most powerful aristocratic lineages in Spain. Protégés of the monarchy at the time of El Cid, their influence reached extraordinary heights during the struggle against the Moors. Hand-in-glove with successive kings, they gathered an impressive array of military and political positions across the Iberian Peninsula. But cooperation gave way to confrontation, as the family was pitted against the crown in a series of civil wars. This book, the first modern study of the Laras, explores the causes of change in the dynamics of power, and narrates the dramatic story of the events that overtook the family. The Laras' militant quest for territorial strength and the conflict with the monarchy led toward a fatal end, but anticipated a form of aristocratic power that long outlived the family. The noble elite would come to dominate Spanish society in the coming centuries, and the Lara family provides important lessons for students of the history of nobility, monarchy, and power in the medieval and early modern world |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-179) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Lara family.
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Lara family fast |
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Lara family. nli |
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Lara, fam. (NL-LeOCL)240684877 nta |
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Nobility -- Spain -- Castile
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HISTORY.
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HISTORY -- Medieval.
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Nobility
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Adel.
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Families.
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15.70 history of Europe.
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Nobility -- Spain -- Castile.
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Castile (Spain) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85020671
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Spain -- Castile
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Castile (Spain) -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2001016916 |
| ISBN |
9780674034297 |
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0674034295 |
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0674006062 |
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9780674006065 |
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