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Christians in Early Modern Spain: Interaction and Cultural Change (Notre Dame Conferences in Medieval Studies)
Mark D. Meyerson (Ed.)
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Paperback. Sixteen essays describe relations between Jews, Muslims and Christians in Spain from the 9th to the 16th centuries. They discuss the historiography and the issues raised by the shifting balance of ethnoreligious power, intellectual contact and social identity in the Iberian peninsula. Editor(s): Meyerson, Mark D.; English, Edward D. Series: Notre Dame Conferences in Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3F; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB; HRAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 558.
The essays in this interdisciplinary volume examine the social and cultural interaction of Christians, Muslims, and Jews in Spain during the medieval and early modern periods. Together, the essays provide a unique comparative perspective on compelling problems of ethnoreligious relations.
Christians, Muslims, and Jews in Medieval and Early Modern Spain considers how certain social and political conditions fostered fruitful cultural interchange, while others promoted mutual hostility and aversion. The volume examines the factors that enabled one religious minority to maintain its cultural integrity and identity more effectively than another in the same sociopolitical setting.
This volume provides an enriched understanding ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Series
Notre Dame Conferences in Medieval Studies
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268022631
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V9780268022631
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About Mark D. Meyerson (Ed.)
Mark D. Meyerson is professor of history at the University of Toronto. He is the author of The Muslims of Valencia in the Age of Fernando and Isabel: Between Coexistence and Crusade (1991), Jews in An Iberian Frontier Kingdom (2004), and A Jewish Renaissance in Fifteenth-Century Spain (2004). Edward D. English is executive director of the medieval studies ... Read more
Reviews for Christians in Early Modern Spain: Interaction and Cultural Change (Notre Dame Conferences in Medieval Studies)
"The fifteen papers published in this book with an introduction by Mark Meyerson and an epilogue by Jocelyn Hillgarth were originally presented at a conference held at the University of Notre Dame early in 1994. One of the objects was to cover as wide a period as possible in order to avoid 'artificial' boundaries such as the accession of Ferdinand ... Read more