Canales, Francisco Martinez Montiel 1369. Jaque al rey. El fin de una dinastía

Volume 126 of the series "Gurerreros y Batallas" describes the Battle of Montiel on 14 March 1369, one of the military highlights of the dispute for the throne of Castile between Peter I "the Cruel" and his stepbrother Henry of Trastámara. This conflict was notable for the participation of foreign powers, including Portugal and Aragon and, above all, the kingdoms of England and France, which had already been at war with each other in the Hundred Years' War.

In the fields of Montiel, the epilogue of Peter I's reign, one of the most controversial in the history of Spain to be marked by the monarch's confrontation with nobility, with the neighbouring kingdom of Aragon and especially with his stepbrother wrote Enrique de Trastámara, character who led the opposition to the king and attacked the crown.
In particular, He highlighted the participation in the conflict of foreign armies French and English, which lasted on the peninsula ground their long challenge the opposite sides and Portuguese and Nazari, whose neighbourhood almost prevented them from remaining neutral and also offered the possibility of obtaining to support benefit of the conflict that devastated the kingdom of Castile.
This book offers a detailed study of the causes of the war, introduces its protagonists, analyses the two phases of the campaign and studies various aspects of military historical interest, also uncovering a series of anecdotes and traditions that arose during this conflict that are now parts
of the Spanish cultural heritage.

This book offers a detailed study of the causes of the war, introduces its protagonists, analyses the two phases of the campaign and examines various aspects of warfare in the Iberian Peninsula in the second half of the 14th century. The volume also describes some anecdotes related to this dispute for the throne, as well as traditions that emerged during this conflict and found their way into the cultural heritage of Spain.