Campo de Calatrava
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Campo de Calatrava is a comarca in the province of Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Ciudad Real, the provincial capital, belongs to the Campo de Calatrava.
A Denominación de Origen for olive oil takes its name from the comarca. There are olive groves in sixteen of the municipios, mainly containing a cultivar called cornicabra.[1] Vineyards and crops of barley are also common to the area.[2] Saffron is another crop cultivated in the area.[3]
The relief consists of sedimentary plains interspersed by small Appalachian folds, likewise distinctly featuring remains of volcanic activity.[4]
Historically, the area is connected to the Order of Calatrava, founded in 1158 to defend the fortress of Calatrava.[5] Calatrava had past to Christian control about a decade earlier, in 1147.[6] The Calatravan order lost their stronghold and the entire Campo de Calatrava to Almohads after the 1195 battle of Alarcos.[7] The Campo de Calatrava (with the exception of the fortresses of Dueñas and Salvatierra) was seized by a Christian army on its way south in 1212 in the context of the Battle of Navas de Tolosa.[8] Calatrava was ensuingly returned to the Order of Calatrava,[9] who nonetheless transferred their seat to Calatrava la Nueva towards 1214.[10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Aceite Campo de Calatrava (Official website)
- ^ Mata Olmo et al. 2011, p. 39.
- ^ La Mancha Saffron (Official website)
- ^ Mata Olmo, Rafael; Panadero Moya, Miguel; Pillet Capdepón, Félix; Sancho Comíns, José; Tapiador, Francisco J.; Pozo, Cristina del (2011). Atlas de los Paisajes de Castilla-La Mancha (PDF). Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. p. 39. ISBN 978-84-8427-832-0.
- ^ Fantoni y Benedí, Rafael; Sanz Camañés, Porfirio (1999). "Caballeros aragoneses en la orden militar de Calatrava a través de los expedientes de pruebas de ingreso, entre 1530 y 1702" (PDF). Emblemata. 5 (5). Zaragoza: Institución Fernando el Católico. ISSN 1137-1056.
- ^ Rodríguez-Picavea Matilla, Enrique (2000). "Calatrava. Una villa en la frontera castellano-andalusí". Anuario de Estudios Medievales. 30 (2). Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas: 807−808. doi:10.3989/aem.2000.v30.i2.478.
- ^ Rodríguez-Picavea, Enrique (2009). "Maestres versus caballeros. La disidencia frente al poder en la orden de Calatrava (siglos XII-XV)". Nuevo Mundo Mundos Nuevos. doi:10.4000/nuevomundo.56527.
- ^ Rodríguez-Picavea Matilla 2000, pp. 828−829.
- ^ Rodríguez-Picavea Matilla 2000, p. 829.
- ^ Rodríguez-Picavea Matilla 2000, p. 830.
