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The Victors and the Vanquished

Christians and Muslims of Catalonia and Aragon, 1050–1300

Brian A Catlos author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:5th Aug '04

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An evolutionary study of Muslims living under Christian rule in medieval Spain.

This lively study of Muslims living under Christian rule in medieval Spain confronts questions of community relations, politics, trade and government, through a study of the common people of the era. It focuses on the evolution of an independent Islamic society into one living under Christian political domination.This is a revisionary study of Muslims living under Christian rule during the Spanish 'reconquest'. It looks beyond the obvious religious distinctions and delves into the subtleties of identity in the thirteenth-century Crown of Aragon, uncovering a social dynamic in which sectarian differences comprise only one of the many factors in the causal complex of political, economic and cultural reactions. Beginning with the final stage of independent Muslim rule in the Ebro valley region, the book traces the transformation of Islamic society into mudéjar society under Christian domination. This was a case of social evolution in which Muslims, far from being passive victims of foreign colonisation, took an active part in shaping their institutions and experiences as subjects of the Infidel. Using a diverse range of methodological approaches, this book challenges widely held assumptions concerning Christian-Muslim relations in the Middle Ages, and minority-majority relations in general.

'… a ground-breaking study that … is a remarkable, and also highly readable, work of scholarship.' The English Historical Review

  • Winner of Winner of the American Historical Association's John E. Fagg Prize for the best publication on Spanish, Portugal or Latin American History for 2005. 2005

ISBN: 9780521822343

Dimensions: 236mm x 160mm x 33mm

Weight: 854g

480 pages