Chivalry and Violence in Late Medieval Castile

First full investigation in English into the role played by chivalric ideology, and its violent results, in late medieval Castile. The Kingdom of Castile in the late Middle Ages suffered from regular civil strife, warfare, dynastic contests, and violence, such that only a century before the birth of the Spanish Empire, it is difficult to imagine a successfulworld empire centered in this tumultuous realm. The chaos that marked this period of Castilian history was not mere chance, but the result o