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Visions of deliverance : Moriscos and the politics of prophecy in the early modern Mediterranean /

"Visions of Deliverance traces the circulation of Muslim and crypto-Muslim apocalyptic texts known as joferes through formal and informal networks of merchants, Sufis, and other channels of diffusion among Muslims and Christians across the Mediterranean from Constantinople and Venice to Morisco...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Green-Mercado, Mayte (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Catholic Church > Relations > Islam.
Catholic Church.
Moriscos > Prophecies.
Moriscos > Mediterranean Region > History > 16th century.
Muslims > Spain > History > 16th century.
Prophecy > Islam.
Prophecy > Political aspects > Spain.
Islam > Spain > History > 16th century.
Islam > Relations > Catholic Church.
Spain > History > Prophecies.
Interfaith relations.
Islam.
Moriscos.
Muslims.
Prophecies.
Mediterranean Region.
Spain.
1500-1599
History.
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Summary:"Visions of Deliverance traces the circulation of Muslim and crypto-Muslim apocalyptic texts known as joferes through formal and informal networks of merchants, Sufis, and other channels of diffusion among Muslims and Christians across the Mediterranean from Constantinople and Venice to Morisco towns in eastern Spain"--
Physical Description:xi, 310 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781501741463
1501741462