The Lara Family: Crown and Nobility in Medieval Spain

by Simon R. Doubleday

For much of the Middle Ages, the Lara family was among the most powerful aristocratic lineages in Spain. Prot g s of the monarchy at the time of El Cid, their influence reached extraordinary heights during the struggle against the Moors. Hand-in-glove with successive kings, they gathered an impressive array of military and political positions across the Iberian Peninsula. But cooperation gave way to confrontation, as the family was pitted against...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674006062
• ISBN13: 9780674006065
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 9.5"