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The whole of the plain on the right bank of the middle Ebro between Tudela and Zaragoza was now in his hands , and he must already in the spring of 1119 have been making plans for the siege of Calatayud to the southwest . One was the predominantly soldierly ability to gauge correctly the military and strategic necessities that would permit a successful occupation of the trans-Duero . The pact assumed his right and made plans for action to realize it upon the king 's death . We need to recall that the mints of the age were a profit-making business and that the extraordinary activity of Alfonso VI 's government generated extraordinary royal expenses . All of these qualities , it seems reasonable to infer from the record , he possessed in more than ordinary measure . The Leonese kings had always enjoyed such a prerogative , but in this new age its exercise had to be adjusted to the claims and the developing norms of the reformers . If we can extrapolate from the crown 's well-documented expenses in the case of Cluny to those humbler , domestic needs that more rarely found a chronicler , we can partially understand as well the way in which the drying up of the parias would have loosened the bonds of regard and self-interest that made Alfonso effective master of the realm . Beset by a major reduction in income and increasingly heavy demands for military expenses , Alfonso had doubtless economized everywhere . He is confident that Judge Robert Frost will declare a mistrial , but if that is unsuccessful at the trial level , Fish plans to file an appeal . “ If you ’ re a parent and you discover that your school is being used as dumping grounds for the sorry teachers , you ’ re going to be raising holy hell and it ’ s not just going to be you — it ’ s going to be you and 50 of your friends , ” Fish said.Fish plans on filing his motion for a mistrial in the next few weeks . In addition to the ecclesiastical business this curia transacted , it also doubtless saw the coordination of plans for a series of moves designed to realize the possibilities afforded by the fall of Toledo . The diplomatic norms they employ are far from completely standardized , but they have become regular .