The Kingdom of Leon-Castilla under Queen Urraca, 1109-1126
The Kingdom of León-Castilla under Queen Urraca, 1109-1126 was published by Princeton University Press in 1982, and it was the first of three books he wrote about her, her father, Alfonso VI, and her son, Alfonso VII. Drawing from over a thousand documents and, at the time, 118 royal charters that he authenticated, the book […]
Queen as King, by Therese Martin
Queen as King, by Therese Martin, traces the origins of San Isidoro in León as a royal monastic complex, following its progress as the site changed from a small eleventh-century palatine chapel housed in a double monastery to a great twelfth-century pilgrimage church served by Augustinian canons. Its most groundbreaking contribution to the history of […]