Iberia and the Mediterranean World of the Middle Ages, Volume I: Proceedings from Kalamazoo: Stu…

List of Illustrations Figures Maps List of Tables List of Contributors Acknowledgments Abbreviations Bibliography of Robert I. Burns, S.J. Introduction 1
1. R. I. Burns as Ethnologist and Historian of the Old World and the New -- Lawrence J. McCrank 17
2. The Artillery of King James I the Conqueror -- Paul E. Chevedden 47
3. Army Mobilization, Royal Administration, and the Realm in the Thirteenth-Century Crown of Aragon -- Donald J. Kagay 95
4. Kings and Lords in Conflict in Late Thirteenth-Century Castile and Aragon -- Joseph F. O'Callaghan 117
5. The Civic Status of the Jew in Medieval Spain -- Norman Roth 139
6. Conversion and Co-existence: The Franciscan Mission in the Crown of Aragon -- Jill R. Webster 163
7. Islamic Social Structures in Muslim and Christian Valencia -- Mikel de Epalza 179
8. Berbers in Valencia: The Case of Irrigation -- Thomas F. Glick 191
9. Lay and Ecclesiastical Encounters on the Medieval Castilian Frontier -- Theresa M. Vann 209
10. Sacred and Secular Politics: The Convent of Sant Pere de les [actual symbol not reproducible] in Thirteenth-Century Barcelona -- Linda A. McMillin 225
11. Ransomers or Royal Agents: The Mercedarians and the Aragonese Crown in the Fourteenth Century -- James W. Brodman 239
12. Conspiracy and Cover-up: The Order of Montesa on Trial (1352) -- Elena Lourie 253
13. The Growth of the Cities of the Crown of Aragon in the Later Middle Ages -- Carmen Batlle 321
14. Commerce and the Kingdom of Majorca, 1150-1450 -- David Abulafia 345
15. The Transport of Muslim Slaves in Fifteenth-Century Valencia -- Paul G. Padilla 379
16. Dubrovnik and Spain: Commerce and Human Contacts, Fourteenth-Sixteenth Centuries -- Barisa Krekic 395
17. The Spanish Kingdoms and the Wider World in the Later Middle Ages -- William D. Phillips, Jr. 407 Bibliography 431 Index 451

Larry J. Simon, Ph.D. (1989) UCLA, is currently an Assistant Professor of History at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo.

'"...eighteen studies [...] all of a hight standard...contribute a great deal to advancing our understanding of some of the key individuals of the period...an excellent tribute to Robert I. Burns S.J."'