Thomas F. Glick, Ph.D. 1968, Harvard University, is professor emeritus of history at Boston University. He is the author of Islamic and Christian Spain in the Early Middle Ages, 2nd ed. (Brill, 2005).Antonio Malpica, Ph.D. 1978, University of Granada, is Professor of Medieval History at this University. He has published many books and articles on medieval archaeology and the history of the Nasrid Kingdom, including La Alhambra, ciudad palatina nazarí (Granada, 2008) and Las últimas tierras de al-Andalus (Granada, 2014).Félix Retamero, Ph.D. 1998, Autonomus University of Barcelona. He is a Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at this university. He has published many works on the Andalusi agricultural landscapes and on the relation between colonisations and agriculture in the 15th-16th centuries. Josep Torró, Ph.D. 1996, University of València, is Reader of Medieval History at the same University. He has published monographs, book chapters and articles on the Christian conquest and colonisation of the kingdom of Valencia.

''El presente libro ofrece una colección de catorce colaboraciones de valor desigual tanto en la calidad como en el enfoque''. Juan Francisco Maura in Bulletin of Spanish Studies 106,4 (2019).

• List of Figures and TablesList of Contributors One Conquest, Two Worlds: An IntroductionFélix Retamero and Josep TorróPart 1: The Organisation of the Conquests: Political, Military and Financial Aspects1 Partners-in-arms. Medieval Military Associations:From the Iberian cabalgada to the American entrada Josep Torró2 Council and Urban Militias in the Crown of Aragon during the 13th Century:From Conquering Militias to Monetary Exemptions Enric Guinot3 War and Booty as Incentives for Emigration:Tortosa and al-Andalus (12th–13th Centuries) Antoni Virgili4 Medieval Factors in the Conquest of America:Organisation and War Practices in the Incursions into Darién Carmen Mena García5 On the Use of Terror, Cruelty and Violence in the Spanish Conquest of the Americas:Some Thoughts Antonio Espino-LópezPart 2: The Agrarian Organisation of the New Colonial Societies6 Feudal Conquest and Colonisation:An Archaeological Insight into the Transformation of Andalusi Irrigated Spaces in the Balearic Islands Helena Kirchner7 The Agrarian Model of Valencian MoriscosManuel Ardit Lucas† 8 Iberian Colonisations and Water Distribution Systems (15th–16th c.):A Comparative Approach Félix Retamero and Virgilio Martínez-Enamorado9 Commercial Crop or Plantation System?:Sugar Cane Production from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic Adela Fábregas-García10 Early Colonial Utilization and Management in PeruInge SchjellerupPart 3: The Political Organisation of the New Colonial Societies. The Management of the Conquered Populations and Lands 11 Servants, Slaves or Subjects?:Jews, Muslims and Indians as Royal Property David Abulafia12 The Kingdom of Granada:Between the Culmination of a Process and the Beginning of a New Age Antonio Malpica13 Portugal, Morocco and Guinea:Reconfiguration of the North Atlantic at the End of the Middle AgesAntónio de Almeida Mendes

Thomas F. Glick, Ph.D. 1968, Harvard University, is professor emeritus of history at Boston University. He is the author of Islamic and Christian Spain in the Early Middle Ages, 2nd ed. (Brill, 2005).Antonio Malpica, Ph.D. 1978, University of Granada, is Professor of Medieval History at this University. He has published many books and articles on medieval archaeology and the history of the Nasrid Kingdom, including La Alhambra, ciudad palatina nazarí (Granada, 2008) and Las últimas tierras de al-Andalus (Granada, 2014).Félix Retamero, Ph.D. 1998, Autonomus University of Barcelona. He is a Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at this university. He has published many works on the Andalusi agricultural landscapes and on the relation between colonisations and agriculture in the 15th-16th centuries. Josep Torró, Ph.D. 1996, University of València, is Reader of Medieval History at the same University. He has published monographs, book chapters and articles on the Christian conquest and colonisation of the kingdom of Valencia.

''El presente libro ofrece una colección de catorce colaboraciones de valor desigual tanto en la calidad como en el enfoque''. Juan Francisco Maura in Bulletin of Spanish Studies 106,4 (2019).

• List of Figures and TablesList of Contributors One Conquest, Two Worlds: An IntroductionFélix Retamero and Josep TorróPart 1: The Organisation of the Conquests: Political, Military and Financial Aspects1 Partners-in-arms. Medieval Military Associations:From the Iberian cabalgada to the American entrada Josep Torró2 Council and Urban Militias in the Crown of Aragon during the 13th Century:From Conquering Militias to Monetary Exemptions Enric Guinot3 War and Booty as Incentives for Emigration:Tortosa and al-Andalus (12th–13th Centuries) Antoni Virgili4 Medieval Factors in the Conquest of America:Organisation and War Practices in the Incursions into Darién Carmen Mena García5 On the Use of Terror, Cruelty and Violence in the Spanish Conquest of the Americas:Some Thoughts Antonio Espino-LópezPart 2: The Agrarian Organisation of the New Colonial Societies6 Feudal Conquest and Colonisation:An Archaeological Insight into the Transformation of Andalusi Irrigated Spaces in the Balearic Islands Helena Kirchner7 The Agrarian Model of Valencian MoriscosManuel Ardit Lucas† 8 Iberian Colonisations and Water Distribution Systems (15th–16th c.):A Comparative Approach Félix Retamero and Virgilio Martínez-Enamorado9 Commercial Crop or Plantation System?:Sugar Cane Production from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic Adela Fábregas-García10 Early Colonial Utilization and Management in PeruInge SchjellerupPart 3: The Political Organisation of the New Colonial Societies. The Management of the Conquered Populations and Lands 11 Servants, Slaves or Subjects?:Jews, Muslims and Indians as Royal Property David Abulafia12 The Kingdom of Granada:Between the Culmination of a Process and the Beginning of a New Age Antonio Malpica13 Portugal, Morocco and Guinea:Reconfiguration of the North Atlantic at the End of the Middle AgesAntónio de Almeida Mendes