Lynn H. Nelson
Autor von Classics of Eastern Thought
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The Chronicle of San Juan de la Pena: A Fourteenth-Century Official History of the Crown of Aragon (1991) 12 Exemplare
The Human Perspective: Readings in World Civilization : The Ancient World to the Early Modern Era (1987) 10 Exemplare
A Global Perspectives: Source Readings from World Civilizations (Global Perspectives, 3000 B.C. to 1600 A.D.) (1988) 9 Exemplare
Global Perspective Source Readings from World Civilization: Volume II: 1600 to the Present (Global Perspectives, Since… (1989) 6 Exemplare
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The Chronicle of San Juan de la Peña : a fo… von Pedro IV King of Aragon
This is an official chronicle of the kingdom of Aragon-Catalonia put together about 1380 under the direction of the powerful King Pedro IV "the Ceremonious." It was based on earlier chronicles from the monastery of San Juan de la Pena (reputedly the oldest abbey in Aragon) and Ripoll (reputedly the oldest in Catalonia) as well as other sources including minstrels' tales, so it varies considerably in accuracy. Still, it does describe the separate development of the kingdom of Aragon and the county of Barcelona from the time that Aragon was created by Visigothic refugees and Catalonia was part of Carolingian France, down through their union and the expansion which (when this was compiled) made Aragon- Catalonia the dominant sea power in the western Mediterranean after the War of the Sicilian Vespers.… (mehr)
A chronicle of Spain from legendary antiquity to the fourteenth century. So far I have only read down to about 1125. The early part tends to be brief and dry, though with occasional colorful ;legends. I understand it was created as an "official" chronicle for Aragon stressing the concept
of strong royal power.
of strong royal power.
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