The Mercenary Mediterranean: Sovereignty, Religion, and Violence in the Medieval Crown of Aragon, Paperback - Hussein Fancy

DescriptionSometime in April 1285, five Muslim horsemen crossed from the Islamic kingdom of Granada into the realms of the Christian Crown of Arago...

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