On the Social Origins of Medieval Institutions : : Essays in Honor of Joseph F. O'Callaghan / / edited by Kagay, Theresa Vann.

• Superior document: The Medieval Mediterranean ; 19
• TeilnehmendeR: Vann, Theresa,; Kagay,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 1998.
• Year of Publication: 1998
• Language: English
• Series: The Medieval Mediterranean ; 19.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

A collection of essays celebrating the career of Joseph F. O'Callaghan, a noted historian of Spanish history. Written by his students and colleagues, they explore the relationship between human society and the institutions it produces. The first part of the book, The Influence of Law on Society , contains essays exploring the laws and customs regarding such social institutions as marriage, the care of the sick, and Jews. The second part, The Relationship between Government and War , focuses on the institutional and technological innovations that the crown and parliament in Spain and England developed to wage war.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography of Joseph F. O'Callaghan -- Map: Medieval Spain -- Introduction 1 -- The Influence of Law on Society -- 1. Force and Fear: A Marriage Case from Eleventh-Century Aragon -- James A. Brundage 11 -- 2. Calling Names: The Identification of Jews in Christian Documents from Medieval Toledo -- Nina Melechen 21 -- 3. Shelter and Segregation: Lepers in Medieval Catalonia -- James W. Brodman 35 -- 4. Peste Negra: The Fourteenth-Century Plague Epidemics in Iberia -- William D. Phillips, Jr. 47 -- 5. The Business of Salvation: Castilian Wills in the Late Middle Ages, 1200-1400 -- Teofilo F. Ruiz 63 -- The Relationship Between Government and War -- 6. A New Look at the Foundation of the Order of Calatrava -- Theresa M. Vann 93 -- 7. The Lost Kingdom of Siurana: Highland Resistance by Muslims to Christian Reconquest and Assimilation in the Twelfth Century -- Lawrence J. McCrank 115 -- 8. The Reconquest during the Reign of Alfonso XI (1312-1350) -- Nicholas Agrait 149 -- 9. The Many Crusades of Valencia's Conquest (1225-1280): An Historiographical Labyrinth -- Robert I. Burns 167 -- 10. The Hybrid Trebuchet: The Halfway Step to the Counterweight Trebuchet -- Paul E. Chevedden 179 -- 11. The Emergence of "Parliament" in the Thirteenth-Century Crown of Aragon: A View from the Gallery -- Donald J. Kagay 223 -- 12. The Council of Penafiel - 1302: The Castilian Church's Reassertion of its Libertas ecclesiastica -- Paulette L. Pepin 243 -- 13. Defeat from the Jaws of Victory: Stephen of Blois in England -- Steven Isaac 263 -- 14. Politics Makes Uneasy Bedfellows: Henry I and Theobald of Blois -- Jean A. Truax 273 -- Rulers of Medieval Spain 305 -- Bibliography 313 -- Index 329.