Magic in Malta : Sellem Bin al-Sheikh Mansur and the Roman Inquisition, 1605 / edited by Alexander Mallett, Catherine Rider, Dionisius A. Agius.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mallett, Alexander, editor.

Rider, Catherine (Catherine Rosemary), editor.

Agius, Dionisius A., editor.

Series:

Islamic history and civilization ; v. 185.

Islamic history and civilization, 0929-2403 ; volume 185

Language:

Arabic

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Mansur, Sellem bin al-Sheikh--Trials, litigation, etc.

Mansur, Sellem bin al-Sheikh.

Trials (Witchcraft)--Malta--History--Sources.

Trials (Witchcraft).

Magicians--Legal status, laws, etc--Malta--History--Sources.

Magicians.

Muslims--Legal status, laws, etc--Malta--History--Sources.

Muslims.

Inquisition--Malta--History--Sources.

Inquisition.

Muslims--Legal status, laws, etc.

Trials.

Malta.

Genre:

History.

Sources.

Physical Description:

xviii, 593 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]

Language Note:

One facing page translation with Italian on the versos and English on the rectos; commentary in English; supplementary texts in Italian and Arabic.

Summary:

"In this volume, a microhistorical approach is employed to provide a transcription, translation, and case-study of the proceedings (written in Latin, Italian and Arabic) of the Roman Inquisition on Malta's 1605 trial of the 'Moorish' slave Sellem Bin al-Sheikh Mansur, who was accused and found guilty of practising magic and teaching it to the local Christians. Through both a detailed commentary and individual case-studies, it assesses what these proceedings reflect about religion, society, and politics both on Malta and more widely across the Mediterranean in the early 17th century. In so doing, this inter- and multi-disciplinary project speaks to a wide range of subjects, including magic, Christian-Muslim relations, slavery, Maltese social history, Mediterranean history, and the Roman Inquisition. It will be of interest to both students and researchers who study any of these subjects, and will help demonstrate the richness and potential of the documents in the Maltese archives"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Alex Mallett, Dionisius A. Agius and Catherine Rider

The trial of Sellem bin al-Sheikh Mansur before the Roman Inquisitionon Malta,1605 : transcription and translation / Alex Mallett and Catherine Rider

TheTrial of Sellem : a microhistorical commentary / Alex Mallett and Catherine Rider

Sellem Bin al-Sheikh Mansur : a Muslim magician in Catholic Malta / Joan Abela

The Cognitive landscape of seventeenth-sentury Malta : communicating information in a cosmopolitan society / Dionisius A. Agius -The Maltese Inquisition : expectations and evidence in the Sellem Case / Jonathan Barry

The witch and the judge : Sellem before the Roman Inquisition, 1605 / Frans Ciappara

An anthropology of confessional practice regarding magic in early seventeenth-century Malta :Liminality, Communitas, Exclusion / Ian R. Netton

Magic and divination lost in translation : a Cairene in a Maltese Inquisition / Liana Saif

Geomancy, divination, and Islam / Pierre Lory

Learned and common magic in the Trial of Sellem / Catherine Rider

Measurement and magic : some notes on the texts on measurement in the inquisition documents against Sellem the Moor / Charles Burnett

Magicin Ottoman North Africa,1570-1700, as seen through European eyes / Paul Auchterlonie

Concluding remarks / Alex Mallett, Catherine Rider and Dionisius A. Agius.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Magic in Malta

ISBN:

9789004498938

9004498931

OCLC:

1284919303