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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
Published Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 310 pages) : illustrations, maps
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-298) and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 16, 2016)
American Historical Association: AHA Herbert Baxter Adams Prize; American Institute for Maghrib Studies: L. Carl Brown AIMS Book Prize in North African Studies; De Re Militari: Verbruggen Prize
Subject Soldiers of fortune -- Spain -- Aragon -- History -- 13th century
Soldiers of fortune -- Spain -- Aragon -- History -- 14th century
Foreign enlistment -- Spain -- Aragon -- History
Mudéjares -- Spain -- Aragon -- History
Muslims -- Spain -- Aragon -- History -- 13th century
Muslims -- Spain -- Aragon -- History -- 14th century
Muslims -- Africa, North -- History -- 13th century
Muslims -- Africa, North -- History -- 14th century
HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
Foreign enlistment
Mudéjares
Muslims
Soldiers of fortune
Krieg
Religion
Geschichte 1000-1500.
Aragon (Spain) -- History, Military -- 13th century
Aragon (Spain) -- History, Military -- 14th century
North Africa
Spain -- Aragon
Aragonien
Aragon (Espagne, royaume)
Couronne d'Aragon.
Méditerranée (bassin) -- ouest.
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Military history
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780226329789
022632978X