El maestrazgo de Alfonso Méndez de Guzmán en la Orden de Santiago (1338-1342)

• Main Author: Manuel López Fernández
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de Sevilla 2017-12-01
• Series: Historia. Instituciones. Documentos
• Subjects: Order of Santiago; Alfonso Méndez de Guzmán; Alfonso XI; Leonor de Guzmán; 14th centurY
• Online Access: https://revistascientificas.us.es/index.php/HID/article/download/4443/3885

Alfonso Méndez de Guzmán became Grand Master of the Order of Santiago through the imposition of Alfonso XI, at a time when the king sought to place people of his entire confidence at the head of the military orders. Méndez de Guzmán responded in great measure to the expectations that the King of Castile had placed in him. He took part in the battle of Salado and in the conquest of Alcalá la Real. However, we deal here not only with the military activity of the Grand Master but also his work as administrator at the head of the order. We include a list of the names of his closest collaborators and details of his itinerary. For this we have studied the royal chronicles and documents and in the index we include a articularly interesting document.