Rafael Sanchez Saus

Rafael Sánchez Saus is a Professor of Medieval History at the Department of History, Geography and Philosophy, University of Cadiz (Spain). With a career spanning over three decades, his work focuses on Iberian nobility structures, Andalusian frontier dynamics, and medieval genealogical networks, particularly in Seville and Jerez de la Frontera.

• Research Focus: Medieval kinship systems, Castilian-Trastámara political structures, Atlantic maritime expansion, and religious coexistence under Islamic rule.
• Projects: Principal investigator in "El mar como frontera" (PGC2018-095719-B-100) analyzing legal transgressions in Atlantic medieval frontiers.

His bibliography includes seminal works on hidalguía (2018), Al-Andalus y la Cruz (2016), and Linajes Sevillanos Medievales (1989-2011). Recent publications explore Alfonso X's multifaceted governance (2023) and Córdoba's martyrdom movement (2022).

Academic Engagement: Member of the HUM182 Medievalism of Cadiz research group, with extensive collaborations across Spanish and European medievalist institutions. Supervised by Dr. Miguel Ángel Ladero Quesada, he obtained his doctorate from Complutense University of Madrid in 1986.