La cruzada particular de un maestre de la Orden de Alcántara (1394)

Abstract

This is about the history of the expedition led by Martín Yáñez de Barbudo, master of the Order of Alcantara, against the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada in spring 1394. The challenge the Master issued to the emir Muhammad VII against King Henry’s will. The stay of Martín Yáñez in the town of Cordoba: the chivalrous expedition turned into a movement of masses. The last attempt to avoid war: the meeting of Alonso and Diego Fernández de Córdoba with the Master by the frontier. The killing of Puerto Lope. Legends about Martín Yáñez de Barbudo. The adventure of the master of Alcantara and the popular crusades.