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The lead books of Granada / Elizabeth Drayson, Senior Lecturer in Spanish, Murray Edwards College and Peterhouse, University of Cambridge.
Van Pelt Library BX1587.G73 D73 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Drayson, Elizabeth.
- Series:
- Early modern history (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
- Early modern history : society and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catholic Church--Spain--Granada (Reino)--History.
- Catholic Church.
- History.
- Granada (Spain : Reino)--Church history.
- Granada (Spain : Reino).
- Christianity and other religions--Islam.
- Christianity and other religions.
- Islam.
- Islam--Relations--Christianity.
- Relations.
- Christianity.
- Granada (Spain : Reino)--History.
- Spain--Granada (Reino).
- Physical Description:
- xv, 289 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
- Summary:
- Hailed as early Christian texts as important as the Dead Sea Scrolls, yet condemned by the Vatican as Islamic heresies, the Lead books of Granada, written on discs of lead and unearthed on a Granadan hillside, weave a mysterious tale of duplicity and daring set in the religious crucible of sixteenth-century Spain. This book evaluates the cultural status and importance of these ambiguous artefacts which embody many of the dualities and paradoxes inherent in the racial and religious dilemmas of Early Modern Spain. Using the words of key individuals, and set against the background of conflict between Spanish Christians and Moriscos in the late fifteen-hundreds, The Lead Books of Granada tells a story of resilient resistance and creative ingenuity in the face of impossibly powerful negative forces, a resistance embodied by a small group of courageous, idealistic men who lived a double life in Granada just before the expulsion of the Moriscos. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 A Mystery Unfolds 1
- 2 Books of Spells or Sacred Revelations? 9
- 3 History, Religion, Culture: Contextualizing Sixteenth-Century Granada 38
- 4 Prime Suspect: Alonso del Castillo 55
- 5 Miguel de Luna - Hoaxer, Heretic or Hero? 68
- 6 'As Precious as the Ark of the Covenant' 94
- 7 Unification in Opposition: The Strategy of Ambivalence 113
- 8 Opposing Factions 140
- 9 Acts of Rebellion 166
- 10 Fact, Fiction, Myth: The Afterlife of the Lead Books 193
- 11 The Lead Books Today 223.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137358844
- 113735884X
- OCLC:
- 852225065
- Publisher Number:
- 99956676484
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