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The Aljubarrota battle and its contemporary heritage /edited by Luís Adão da Fonseca, João Gouveia Monteiro, and Maria Cristina Pimenta.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Leeds : Arc Humanities Press 2020..Description: 1 online resource : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781641890625
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • D900 .A458 2020
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:Summary: This book presents, for the first time in English, an overview of the decisive Battle of Aljubarrota (1385), the most important military moment in Portuguese history. The authors embody the conflict in the context of Iberian relations during the fourteenth century, and integrate the battle in the macro European conflict of the Hundred Years War and the repercussions for Iberia, particularly Castile and Portugal. They go on to reflect on the political and diplomatic implications of the Anglo-Portuguese alliance, regarded as a turning point in the establishment of national identity and myth. Finally, and uniquely the book concludes with a presentation of how the battlefield site is preserved today and how to convey the medieval site to new generations.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

This book presents, for the first time in English, an overview of the decisive Battle of Aljubarrota (1385), the most important military moment in Portuguese history. The authors embody the conflict in the context of Iberian relations during the fourteenth century, and integrate the battle in the macro European conflict of the Hundred Years War and the repercussions for Iberia, particularly Castile and Portugal. They go on to reflect on the political and diplomatic implications of the Anglo-Portuguese alliance, regarded as a turning point in the establishment of national identity and myth. Finally, and uniquely the book concludes with a presentation of how the battlefield site is preserved today and how to convey the medieval site to new generations.

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