The victors and the vanquished : Christians and Muslims of Catalonia and Aragon, 1050-1300 / Brian A. Catlos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Catlos, Brian A., author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., 59.

Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., 59

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christians--Spain--Aragon--History.

Christians.

Muslims--Spain--Aragon--History.

Muslims.

Christians--Spain--Catalonia--History.

Muslims--Spain--Catalonia--History.

Mudéjares.

Aragon (Spain)--History.

Aragon (Spain).

Aragon (Spain)--Ethnic relations.

Catalonia (Spain)--History.

Catalonia (Spain).

Catalonia (Spain)--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 449 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

The Victors & the Vanquished

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Pt. I. Muslim domination of the Ebro and its demise, 700-1200

1. Thaghr and Taifa

2. Christians and Muslims : contact and conquest

Pt. II. Muslims under Christian rule

3. financial and judicial administration of Mudejar society

4. Muslims in the economy of the Christian Ebro

5. Mudejar ethnicity and Christian society

6. Muslims and Christian society

Mudejarismo as a social system

Pt. III. Individual and community in the Christian Ebro

Case Study 1. Fiscal and confessional identity : the galips, templar vassals in Zaragoza (1179-1390)

Case Study 2. Franquitas and factionalism in Daroca : the Lucera family vs. the Aljama (1267-1302)

Case Study 3. Litigation and competition within the Muslim community : the Abdellas of Daroca (1280-1310)

Case Study 4. Administrative corruption and royal complicity : Abrahim Abengentor, Caualquem of Huesca (1260-1304)

Case Study 5. Overlapping agendas : the career of Mahomet, Alaminus of Borja (1276-1302)

Case Study 6. good, the bad, and the indifferent : Christian officials in the Ebro region

Personal histories : the individual, within the community and beyond

Conclusions : Mudejar ethnogenesis

App. 1. Currency of the thirteenth-century Ebro region

App. 2. Toponymical variants in archival documents

App. 3. Rulers of the "Crown of Aragon," 1050-1300.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 412-438) and index.

ISBN:

9780511209246

051120924X

9781107145931

1107145937

9781280540752

1280540753

9780511214615

0511214618

9780511216404

0511216408

9780511211034

0511211031

9780511327223

0511327226

9780511496424

0511496427

9780511212802

0511212801

OCLC:

560238780

Publisher Number:

2027/heb06699 hdl