Captives and Their Saviors in the Medieval Crown of Aragon

摘要: Captivity was a significant and wide-ranging problem in medieval Iberia. The long struggle for dominance the Iberian Peninsula between Christianity Islam produced periods of sporadic but intense warfare. When truces prevailed organized warfare receded, piracy raiding took its place. All these activities generated Christian Muslim captives, often large numbers, and, not surprisingly, both sides tried to get their captives back. This book explores efforts made by Crown Aragon eastern Spain fourteenth fifteenth centuries free subjects captivity. "Captives Their Saviors Medieval Aragon" argues that this time ransoming were on kingdom-wide scale engaging only professional ransomers, merchants, officials crown population at large. Using number different methods included expeditions religious orders like Mercedarians, prisoner exchanges, diplomatic initiatives embassies, negotiations carried out families or agents, galvanized collective will resources rescue sometimes successfully, not. also reconstructs experience captivity as it follows from capture years confinement lucky few, return home. outlines family members, friends, government ecclesiastical bring back some economic emotional impact had those relatives friends left Saviors" highlights story all too common Iberia yet still resonates today.