Bernard F. REILLY y Simon R. DOUBLEDAY
Leon and Galicia Under Queen Sancha and King Fernando I
University of Pennsylvania Press
The Middle Ages Series, 2024, 256 págs.
ISBN: 9781512824629
e-ISBN:9781512824636
Bernard F. Reilly and Simon R. Doubleday tell the story of the reign of Queen Sancha and King Fernando I, who together ruled the territories of León and Galicia between 1038 and 1065—often regarded as a period in which Christian kings and their vassals asserted themselves more successfully in the face of external rivals, both Viking and Muslim. The reality was more complex. The Iberian Peninsula remained a space of multiple, intertwined forms of power and surprisingly nuanced relationships between—and among—the diverse configurations of Christian and Muslim authority. Some of these complexities would be obscured by later generations of medieval chroniclers, whose narratives focused on the singular authority of the king and expressed a more binary view of interreligious relations.
Through their account of the key events and turning points of Sancha and Fernando’s reign, Reilly and Doubleday propose a revised understanding of its political culture, offering a corrective to accounts that have emphasized a stark opposition between Christian and Muslim powers, a supposedly steady growth and centralization of royal government, and the individual figure of the monarch.
Exploring the interplay of crown and elites, underscoring the role of royal women, and rejecting the Reconquista paradigm, León and Galicia Under Queen Sancha and King Fernando I reenvisions medieval Iberia at a pivotal stage in European history.
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List of Illustrations
Prologue. Bernard F. Reilly, a Pioneer in Medieval Iberian Studies
Introduction
Chapter 1. Contours
Chapter 2. Implosion (1028–1035)
Chapter 3. Discord (1035–1045)
Chapter 4. Crown and Nobility
Chapter 5. Monks and Bishops
Chapter 6. Consolidation (1045–1054)
Chapter 7. Frontiers (1055–1062)
Chapter 8. Finale (1063–1065)
Chapter 9. Unraveling (1065–1072)
Epilogue
List of Abbreviations