Muslims of Latin Christendom, ca. 1050-1614 /
"Through crusades and expulsions, Muslim communities survived for over 500 years, thriving in medieval Europe. This comprehensive new study explores how the presence of Islamic minorities transformed Europe in everything from architecture to cooking, literature to science, and served as a stimu...
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Islam and Latin Christendom to 1050
- Part I. Static diasporas: Muslim communities of Latin Christendom. 1. The tide turns: the Christian Spains I (ca.1050-ca.1150) ; 2. A triumph of pragmatism: the Christian Spains II (ca.1150-ca.1320) ; 3. Pushing the boundaries: Italy and North Africa (ca.1050-ca.1350) ; 4. Infidels in the Holy Land: the Latin East (1099-1291) ; 5. Diversity in an age of crises: the Christian Spains III (ca.1350-1526) ; 6. Strangers in strange lands: foreign Muslims and slaves in Latin Christendom (ca.1050-ca.1550) ; 7. Christians in name: the Morisco problem (1499-1614)
- Part II. Living in sin: Islamicate society under Latin dominion. 8. Thought: images and ideals of Muslims and Islamicate society in Latin Christendom ; 9. Word: law, administration and Islamicate society under Latin rule ; 10. Deed: the economic, social and cultural life of the Muslims of Latin Christendom ; Postscript: Convivencia, intolerance... or 'questions badly put?'.