Christians and Moors in Spain, Volume I: AD 711-1150

Christians and Moors in Spain, Volume I: AD 711-1150
Author: Colin Smith
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2018-01-26
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1786948516

This volume gathers together extracts from texts in Latin, Hispanic vernaculars, and French, concerning the relations of the Christians and Moors in Spain in the first four hundred years of their co-existence in the Peninsula. An effort has been made to illustrate aspects other than the exclusively military.

Christians and Moors in Spain. 3. Arabic sources (711 - 1501)

Christians and Moors in Spain. 3. Arabic sources (711 - 1501)
Author: Colin Smith
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 221
Release: 1988
Genre: History
ISBN: 0856684503

The last two volumes in this series have looked at the confrontation between Christian and Moor in Medieval Spain exclusively from the Christian side.This book attemps to redress the balance by looking at many of the same incidents from the Moslem point of view. Apart from military encounters, some attention is paid to diplomacy, and also to lawsuits, legal judgements and regulations governing the co-existance of the rival communities. The 112 texts, many available in English for the first time, are also given in Arabic.

Christians, Blasphemers, and Witches

Christians, Blasphemers, and Witches
Author: Joan Cameron Bristol
Publisher: UNM Press
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780826337993

New information from Inquisition documents shows how African slaves in Mexico adapted to the constraints of the Church and the Spanish crown in order to survive in their communities.

Christian Identity amid Islam in Medieval Spain

Christian Identity amid Islam in Medieval Spain
Author: Charles L. Tieszen
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2013-05-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004192298

In Christian Identity amid Islam in Medieval Spain Charles L. Tieszen explores a small corpus of texts from medieval Spain in an effort to deduce how their authors defined their religious identity in light of Islam, and in turn, how they hoped their readers would distinguish themselves from the Muslims in their midst. It is argued that the use of reflected self-image as a tool for interpreting Christian anti-Muslim polemic allows such texts to be read for the self-image of their authors instead of the image of just those they attacked. As such, polemic becomes a set of borders authors offered to their communities, helping them to successfully navigate inter-religious living.

Christians and Moors in Spain. Vol 2 Latin documents and vernacular documents AD 1195-1614

Christians and Moors in Spain. Vol 2 Latin documents and vernacular documents AD 1195-1614
Author: Colin Smith
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Total Pages: 201
Release: 1989-01-01
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1800857748

The two previous volumes draw a fascinating picture of the confrontation between the Christians and Moors in Spain from the Christian side. This volume attempts to redress the balance by describing many of the same incidents from the Muslims' point of view.

The world of El Cid

The world of El Cid
Author: Simon Barton
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2013-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1526112639

Makes available, for the first time in English translation, four of the principal narrative sources for the history of the Spanish kingdom of León-Castile during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Three chronicles focus primarily upon the activities of the kings of León-Castile as leaders of the Reconquest of Spain from the forces of Islam, and especially upon Fernando I (1037-65), his son Alfonso VI (1065-1109) and the latter's grandson Alfonso VII (1126-57). The fourth chronicle is a biography of the hero Rodrigo Díaz, better remembered as El Cid, and is the main source of information about his extraordinary career as a mercenary soldier who fought for Christian and Muslim alike. Covers the fascinating interaction of the Muslim and Christian worlds, each at the height of their power. Each text is prefaced by its own introduction and accompanied by explanatory notes.