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Author Fancy, Hussein Anwar, 1974- author.

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

Publication Info. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 310 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-298) 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.
Summary Over the course of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, the Christian kings of Aragon recruited thousands of foreign Muslim soldiers to serve in their armies and as members of their royal courts. Based on extensive research in Arabic, Latin and Romance sources, 'The Mercenary Mediterranean' explores this little-known and misunderstood history.
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Subject Soldiers of fortune -- Spain -- Aragon -- History -- 13th century.
Soldiers of fortune.
Spain -- Aragon.
History.
Chronological Term 13th century
Subject Soldiers of fortune -- Spain -- Aragon -- History -- 14th century.
Chronological Term 14th century
Subject Foreign enlistment -- Spain -- Aragon -- History.
Foreign enlistment.
Mudéjares -- Spain -- Aragon -- History.
Mudéjares.
Muslims -- Spain -- Aragon -- History -- 13th century.
Muslims -- Spain -- Aragon -- History -- 14th century.
Muslims -- Africa, North -- History -- 13th century.
North Africa.
Muslims -- Africa, North -- History -- 14th century.
Aragon (Spain) -- History, Military -- 13th century.
Aragon (Spain) -- History, Military -- 14th century.
HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
Muslims.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
Krieg.
Religion.
Geschichte 1000-1500.
Aragonien.
Aragon (Espagne, royaume)
Couronne d'Aragon.
Méditerranée (bassin) -- ouest.
Chronological Term 1200-1399
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Military history.
Other Form: Print version: Fancy, Hussein Anwar, 1974- Mercenary Mediterranean. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2016 9780226329642 (OCoLC)915159467
ISBN 9780226329789 (electronic book)
022632978X (electronic book)
9780226329642
022632964X
Standard No. 40025902191