{"product_id":"chivalry-and-violence-in-late-samuel-a-claussen-9781783275465","title":"Chivalry and Violence in Late Medieval Castile","description":"First full investigation in English into the role played by chivalric ideology, and its violent results, in late medieval Castile. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Kingdom of Castile in the late Middle Ages suffered from regular civil strife, warfare, dynastic contests, and violence, such that only a century before the birth of the Spanish Empire, it is difficult to imagine a successfulworld empire centered in this tumultuous realm. The chaos that marked this period of Castilian history was not mere chance, but the result of key historical developments which have not been fully examined in Anglophone scholarship.\u003cbr\u003e This book explores the roots of the disorder that plagued Castile in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, identifying the ideology of chivalry and its knightly practitioners as the chief instigators of the violence thatdestabilized the kingdom. The author argues that chivalry was far from being a code of good behaviour, scrupulously observed, but rather encouraged knights to avenge themselves violently upon their neighbours, pursue a zealous holy war against Islam, and tear at the social fabric of Castilian society. Their powerful ideas and values shaped the course of Castilian history in the crucial years before the unification of the Spanish kingdoms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samuel A. Claussen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1783275464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781783275465\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Boydell Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d","brand":"Samuel A. Claussen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44053010481407,"sku":"9781783275465","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e4f0bbf0-4135-41c2-a0a0-e0280e67a5e8.jpg?v=1685021892","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chivalry-and-violence-in-late-samuel-a-claussen-9781783275465","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}