The Greatest Man Uncrowned: A Study of the Fall of Don Alvaro de LunaTamesis Books, 1986 - 268 páginas Alvaro de Luna was for almost forty years Juan II of Castile's closest friend, and for the greater part of that time his chief minister. Working ceaselessly to consolidate Juan's position, achieved through his great-grandfather's murder of his half-brother king Pedro, he had initially to establish a power base and, in the years preceding his eventual downfall, to maintain it against the constant restlessness of the Spanish nobility. Only in the middle years can he be seen to have given Spain a fiscal regime, an enterprising recruitment policy for the public services, and a coherent ideology. This study of the violent and enigmatic circumstances in which his career came to an end makes a valuable contribution to understanding 15th-century Castilian history. |
Términos y frases comunes
Aegidius Romanus Alfonso the Wise Alonso Pérez Alvar García Alvaro de Luna April Aragon Aragonese arrest Burgos CAbr Cancionero Carrillo Cartagena Castile Castilian Castilla certainly Chacón CJII CODOIN Colección Consejo Constable Constable's contador conversos Cortes LC Council Crónica de Don Crónica de Juan Crown derogation Díaz de Toledo Díaz's Diego de Valera Doctor documents Don Alvaro Enrique IV Escalona España Estudios Estúñiga evidence Fernán Díaz Franco Fuensalida González grants Halc Historia ibid issued Juan II Juan II's Juan's judge king king's LADERO QUESADA later letrados letter Luna's MACKAY Madrid magnates maravedis María Mendoza mercedes million Montalvo Mosén Diego nobility officials Olmedo PALENCIA Partidas Pedro PÉREZ DE GUZMÁN political Portillo Prince Enrique privado rebels Relator Relator's revenues Rodríguez royal chronicle Ruy Díaz Salamanca Salazar SÁNCHEZ DE ARÉVALO Santillana seems señor siglo XV SUÁREZ FERNÁNDEZ Toledo Trastámara VALERA Valladolid
Pasajes populares
Página 251 - Demostracion histörica del verdadero valor de todas las monedas que corrian en Castilla durante el reynado del senor Don Enrique...
Página vi - These were made possible by generous grants from the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland and from the University of Edinburgh.
Referencias a este libro
Alonso de Cartagena y el Defensorium unitatis christianae Alonso de Cartagena,Guillermo Verdín-Díaz Vista previa restringida - 1992 |
El Duque de Lerma: realeza y privanza en la España de Felipe III Antonio Feros Vista previa restringida - 2002 |