From Muslim to Christian Granada : inventing a city's past in early modern Spain / A. Katie Harris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, A. Katie, 1969-

Series:

Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 125th ser., 1.

Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 125th ser., 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group identity.

Granada (Spain)--History.

Granada (Spain).

Granada (Spain)--History--Sources.

Granada (Spain)--Church history.

Granada (Spain)--Church history--Sources.

Group identity--Spain--Granada.

Spain--Granada.

Physical Description:

xxi, 255 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.

Summary:

In 1492, Granada, the last independent Muslim city on the Iberian Peninsula, fell to the Catholic forces of Ferdinand and Isabella. A century later, in 1595, treasure hunters unearthed some curious lead tablets inscribed in Arabic. Granadinos greeted these curious documents, the plomos, as proof that their city -- best known as the last outpost of Spanish Islam -- was in truth Iberia's most ancient Christian settlement. In 1682, however, the pope condemned the plomos as forgeries. From Muslim to Christian Granada explores how the people of Granada created a new civic identity around these famous forgeries.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-247) and index.

ISBN:

080188523X

9780801885235

OCLC:

69671940

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