The Greatest Man Uncrowned: A Study of the Fall of Don Alvaro de Luna: 111 (Monografías A) - Hardcover

Round, Nicholas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0729302113 ISBN 13: 9780729302111

Publisher: Tamesis Books, 1986

Synopsis

Alvaro de Luna was for almost forty years Juan II of Castile's closest friend, and for the greater part of that time his chief minister. Working ceaselessly to consolidate Juan's position, achieved through his great-grandfather'smurder of his half-brother king Pedro, he had initially to establish a power base and, in the years preceding his eventual downfall, to maintain it against the constant restlessness of the Spanish nobility. Only in the middle years can he be seen to have given Spain a fiscal regime, an enterprising recruitment policy for the public services, and a coherent ideology. This study of the violent and enigmatic circumstances in which his career came to an end makes a valuable contribution to understanding 15th-century Castilian history.

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ROUND, N. THE GREATEST MAN UNCROWNED: A STUDY OF THE FALL OF ALVARO DE LUNA [HARDBACK]. LONDON, 1986, xvi 268 p.,encuadernado. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo.

Edition details

• Publisher: Tamesis Books
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0729302113
• ISBN 13: 9780729302111
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304