The Reconquest Kings of Portugal: Political and Cultural Reorientation on the Medieval Frontier

This book examines the development of Portugal between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. During this period Portugal grew from an embattled county under the control of Leon-Castile into an independent kingdom with borders that have remained largely unchanged until the present day.

Author: S. Lay
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 02/01/2009
Pages: 342
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.70w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780230525610

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 05/01/2009 pg. 21
Choice 01/01/2010

About the Author
STEPHEN LAY has been Lecturer in History at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, and later Executive Officer of the Monash University London Centre. He is currently Graduate Studies Assistant at the University of Oxford, and has published several journal articles. His essay 'The Interpretation of the Magna Charta' received the Romanzi award and was published as a monograph in 2004.