The Kingdom of León-Castilla Under King Alfonso VII, 1126-1157

Meyer Schapiro’s ‘Road not Taken’: San Millán de la Cogolla and Resistance to the Roman Rite

“…If dwindling royal reserves were to be used, they were to be used at Cluny. 60 Furthermore, as monastic historian J. A. García Cortázar has argued, this period was one which saw Alfonso VI shifting his attention away from San Millán de la Cogolla.…”

Los promotores de la Orden del Císter en los reinos de Castilla y León: familias aristocráticas y damas nobles

“…Este eclecticismo piadoso propio del Emperador fue ya destacado por J. Pérez-Embid 354 y, como se ha explicado hace unas páginas, aparece igualmente caracterizando el comportamento de otros miembros de la familia, como su hermana Sancha Raimúndez o su hija Urraca. Así, podría decirse, con B. F. Reilly, que en época de Alfonso VII "it is evident that traditional Benedictine monasticism continued to be alive, well, and well patrozined" 355 . Recuérdese, como muestra de esa vitalidad, que en 1142, año de la entrega de Sobrado al Císter, el rey concedía a Cluny el monasterio de San Pedro de Cardeña 356 .…”

“…Así, podría decirse, con B. F. Reilly, que en época de Alfonso VII "it is evident that traditional Benedictine monasticism continued to be alive, well, and well patrozined" 355 . Recuérdese, como muestra de esa vitalidad, que en 1142, año de la entrega de Sobrado al Císter, el rey concedía a Cluny el monasterio de San Pedro de Cardeña 356 .…”

Leonor of England, Plantagenet queen of King Alfonso VIII of Castile, and her foundation of the Cistercian abbey of Las Huelgas. In imitation of Fontevraud?

“…Alfonso VII had died far from any of the traditional Leonese or Castilian burial churches on campaign in the Andalusian hamlet of Almuradiel in 1157. 131 Sancho III had died at Toledo in 1158. Alfonso VII's queen, Berengaria, was buried in the cathedral at Santiago de Compostela, 132 where Fernando II of León was also buried in 1188.…”

“…131 Sancho III had died at Toledo in 1158. Alfonso VII's queen, Berengaria, was buried in the cathedral at Santiago de Compostela, 132 where Fernando II of León was also buried in 1188. The pattern was broken somewhat by the burial of Alfonso VIII's mother, Blanca, in 1156 at the Navarrese mausoleum of Santa María de Nájera, but this was probably a territorial decision reflecting the Riojan land claimed by both Navarre and Castile.…”