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Las Navas de Tolosa and the culture of crusade in the Kingdom of Castile

2012; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 4; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/17546559.2012.677174

1754-6567

Miguel Gómez,

Medieval and Early Modern Iberia

This article focuses on the reactions and celebrations of the victory of Las Navas de Tolosa in the Castilian diplomatic and historiographical record. In particular it highlights the increased focus on crusade (rhetorical, ideological, and institutional) in the kingdom of Castile, and Christian Spain generally, during the campaign of 1212 and in the following years. This significant ideological impact of 1212 is contrasted to the relative insignificance of a single battle to Castilian–Almohad relations/trajectories.