Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: Crusading was the most effective method of integrating the Iberian Peninsula within Christendom. This fact is most evident when we consider the reign of Alfonso VIII of Castile. This monarch married the daughter of the king of England, arranged the marriage of his eldest daughter with the heir of the German Emperor and married another of his daughters with the future king of France. These actions convey the need for maximum integration which can be traced using several indicators –political, ideological, cultural...– that moreover reinforce the propaganda image of a king at the service and in defence of Christianity.
Author: Carlos De Ayala Martínez
Institution: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Language: Spanish
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2462283799