La orden de Alcántara y La Serena (1234-1259). La configuración territorial del dominio alcantarino frente a otras instituciones eclesiásticas

Abstract

In just twenty-five years, between 1234 and 1259, the military Alcantara Order conquered the huge area of La Serena, in eastern Extremadura, for the kingdom of Castile. Despite of the conquest’s relative ease, the actual domination of that space would carry different strains with other institutions that would take decades to solve, finally configurating a great territorial lordship which would last until the 19th century.