Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Joseph F. O’Callaghan

Titel

Fernando and Isabel’s Crusade: From Alhama to Málaga

Ist Teil von

• The Last Crusade in the West, 2014, p.122-167

Ort / Verlag

United States: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The distinction of bringing the centuries-long reconquest to a close pertains to Isabel of Castile and her husband, Fernando of Aragón.¹ After overcoming initial opposition to Isabel, they proclaimed their intention to conquer Granada and expel the Moors. The papacy, comprehending that victory over Islam in the Iberian Peninsula would counterbalance the growing power of the Turks, supported the Castilian enterprise with crusading indulgences and financial benefits. The initial phase of the war took place in the western sector of the emirate as the king and queen endeavored to expand the territory acquired by their predecessors. Dissension within the Naṣrid