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THE CRUSADER KINGDOM OF VALENCIA

Robert Ignatius Burns, S.J.



CONTENTS

 Preface
 Chapter One : THE CHURCH AND THE VALENCIAN FRONTIERr -- The Crusade; The Church on the Frontier; The Crusade Spirit
 Chapter Two : CATHEDRAL, BISHOP, AND CHAPTER -- The Cathedral, Hub of the Diocese; The Episcopate; Administrative-Advisory: The Canons and the Dignitaries
 Chapter Three : NEIGHBORS, AND INTRUDERS -- The Metropolitan Founds His Diocese; The North: The Diocese of Tortosa; Alarums and Excursions: A Diocese of Segorbe
 Chapter Four : THE PARISH AS A FRONTIER INSTITUTION -- Function; External Structure; Economic Basis of the Parish on the Valencian Frontier
 Chapter Five : THE PARISH IN ACTION -- The Ministry; Distribution of Parishes in Valencia Diocese; Distribution of Parishes in Tortosan Valencia; Ecclesiastical Architecture; City Parish Life; The Parish of St. Thomas
 Chapter Six : THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN VALENCIA -- A University; Secondary, Elementary, Professional, and Clerical Education in the Realm
 Chapter Seven : FRONTIER PASTOR AND PEOPLE  -- The Cleric; Last Testaments in Valencia; Civil and Ecclesiastical Legislation; Light and Shadow in the Kingdom of Valencia
 Chapter Eight : ECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS OF THE DIOCESE OF VALENCIA -- The King's Default and Compromise; Properties and Estates; Rental Income; Collection Areas; the Diocesan Tithes
 Chapter Nine : ENDING THE TITHE WAR: The Controversy; The Settlement; The King's Share; Barons and Knights; Farming the Titles
 Chapter Ten : THE MILITARY ORDERS AS FRONTIER INSTITUTIONS -- Function of the Military Orders on the Frontier; Knights of Santiago; Knights of Calatrava; Knights of St. George; Knights Hospitallers; Knights Templars
 Chapter Eleven : THE MENDICANT ORDERS -- Function on the Frontier; The Franciscans; The Dominicans; The Friars of the Sack; The Augustinians; The Carmelites
 Chapter Twelve : MONKS AND NUNS ON THE VALENCIAN FRONTIER -- The Cistercians: The Monks of Benifasá; Cistercian Monks at Valldigna and Carlet; The Carthusians; Cistercian Nuns; Franciscan Nuns; Dominican Nuns; Other Nuns: Magdalenes, Augustinians, Augustinian Canonesses
 Chapter Thirteen : THE HOSPITALS OF THE KINGDOM OF VALENCIA -- Hospitals and Hospices at Valencia City; Hospitals Elsewhere in the Kingdom of Valencia; Regard for the Poor; The Knights of Mercy, Ransomers
 Chapter Fourteen : THE SHADOW OF CASTILE: WARDING OFF THE STRANGER -- Toledo versus Tarragona; A Medieval Trial; Interviewing Witnesses; The Second Phase of the Trial; Sentence and Appeal; Frontier Church in Native Hands
 Chapter Fifteen : ST. VINCENT'S: CROWN OF THE IDEOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION -- Foundation: Shrine, Monastery, Hospice, and Hospital; Beneficiaries, Staff, Pensioners; Gifts and Legacies; The Throne and the Shrine
 Civil and Military Chronology
 Saints on the Valencian Frontier
 Churches of the Valencian Diocese, 1279-1280, Distribution and Income
 Bibliography
 Abbreviations

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