Dominicans, Muslims, and Jews in the medieval crown of Aragon / Robin Vose.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vose, Robin J. E., author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., 74.

Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., 74

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dominicans. Provincia Dominicana de Aragón--History.

Dominicans.

Dominicans--Missions--Spain--Aragon--History--To 1500.

Missions to Muslims--Spain--Aragon--History--To 1500.

Missions to Muslims.

Missions to Jews--Spain--Aragon--History--To 1500.

Missions to Jews.

Aragon (Spain)--Church history.

Aragon (Spain).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 294 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Dominicans, Muslims & Jews in the Medieval Crown of Aragon

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With their active apostolate of preaching and teaching, Dominican friars were important promoters of Latin Christianity in the borderlands of medieval Spain and North Africa. Historians have long assumed that their efforts to convert or persecute non-Christian populations played a major role in worsening relations between Christians, Muslims and Jews in the era of crusade and reconquista. This study sheds light on the topic by setting Dominican participation in celebrated but short-lived projects such as Arabic language studia or anti-Jewish theological disputations alongside day-to-day realities of mendicant life in the medieval Crown of Aragon. From old Catalan centers like Barcelona to newly conquered Valencia and Islamic North Africa, the author shows that Dominican friars were on the whole conservative educators and disciplinarians rather than innovative missionaries - ever concerned to protect the spiritual well-being of the faithful by means of preaching, censorship and maintenance of existing barriers to interfaith communications.

Contents:

Dominican concepts of mission

The coming of the friars

Studies and writings

Teaching truth

Destroying error

Workers in the vineyard of the Lord

Diplomacy and espionage

The complexities of everyday life.

Notes:

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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-20068-7

1-282-15574-1

9786612155741

0-511-58159-9

0-511-54095-7

0-511-53933-9

0-511-54061-2

0-511-53850-2

0-511-54017-5

OCLC:

609840665