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Revista Historia Militar Extra 1 2018

78 ISABEL BECEIRO PITA ABSTRACT This article studies two types of issues: first, the role of the saints as warriors or advisers of the kings and some heroes in the fight against hispanic muslims in Castile, León, the crown of Aragón and Portugal. It analyzes their relationship with the ideology of royal power, the idea of crusade, and the identity of the different kingdoms and territories. In the second place, it discuss the reputation of sainctity of some chiefs of the conquest, closely bond to the changes in the image of power and the portuguese expansion in África during the XIVth and XVth centuries. KEY WORDS: Saints, conquest, Islam, advises, kings, heroes, royal power, identity, sanctification. * * * * * Revista de Historia Militar, I extraordinario de 2018, pp. 78-102. ISSN: 0482-5748


Revista Historia Militar Extra 1 2018
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