Parallel Histories: Muslims and Jews in Inquisitorial Spain Contributor(s): Amelang, James S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807154105 ISBN-13: 9780807154106 Publisher: LSU Press OUR PRICE: $24.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Spain & Portugal - Religion | Judaism - History - Religion | Islam - History |
Dewey: 305.697 |
LCCN: 2013016065 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.65 lbs) 224 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Islamic - Chronological Period - 15th Century - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Cultural Region - Spanish - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
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Publisher Description: The distinct religious culture of early modern Spain -- characterized by religious unity at a time when fierce civil wars between Catholics and Protestants fractured northern Europe -- is further understood through examining the expulsion of the Jews and suspected Muslims. While these two groups had previously lived peaceably, if sometimes uneasily, with their Christian neighbors throughout much of the medieval era, the expulsions brought a new intensity to Spanish Christian perceptions of both the moriscos (converts from Islam) and the judeoconversos (converts from Judaism). In Parallel Histories, James S. Amelang reconstructs the compelling struggle of converts to coexist with a Christian majority that suspected them of secretly adhering to their ancestral faiths and destroying national religious unity in the process. |