Between Sepharad and Jerusalem : history, identity and memory of the Sephardim /
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Sephardim are the descendants of the Jews expelled from the lands of the Iberian Peninsula in the years 1492-1498, who settled down in the Mediterranean basin. The identifying sign of the Sephardim has been, until the middle of the twentieth century, the language known as Jewish-Spanish. The history, identity and memory of the Sephardim in their Mediterranean dispersal are analysed by the author with a special reference to the Sephardi community of Jerusalem and to the cultural and social changes that characterized the late nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century. However, because of the crucial changes related to modernization and the political circumstances that came into being at the turn of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century, the Sephardim lost their unique identity.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004279582 :
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The Orient in Spain : converted Muslims, the forged lead books of Granada, and the rise of orientalism /
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Taking as its main subject a series of notorious forgeries by Muslim converts in sixteenth-century Granada (including an apocryphal gospel in Arabic), this book studies the emotional, cultural and religious world view of the Morisco minority and the complexity of its identity, caught between the wish to respect Arabic cultural traditions, and the pressures of evangelization and efforts at integration into "Old Christian" society. Orientalist scholarship in Early Modern Spain, in which an interest in Oriental languages, mainly Arabic, was linked to important historiographical questions, such as the uses and value of Arabic sources and the problem of the integration of al-Andalus within a providentialist history of Spain, is also addressed. The authors consider these issues not only from a local point of view, but from a wider perspective, in an attempt to understand how these matters related to more general European intellectual and religious developments.
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Translation of: Un oriente español. Madrid : Marcial Pons Historia, 2010; corrected and expanded, with new research and a new bibliography. :
1 online resource (xi, 475 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004250291 :
0169-8834 ; :
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Mysticism and philosophy in al-Andalus : Ibn Masarra, Ibn al-'Arabi and the Isma'ili tradition /
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Muslim Spain gave rise to two unusual figures in the mystical tradition of Islam: Ibn Masarra (269/883-319/931) and Ibn al-ʿArabī (560/1165-638/1240). Representing, respectively, the beginning and the pinnacle of Islamic mysticism in al-Andalus, Ibn Masarra and Ibn al-ʿArabī embody in their writings a type of mystical discourse which is quite different from the Sufi discourse that evolved in the Islamic east during the 9th-12th centuries. In Mysticism and Philosophy in al-Andalus , Michael Ebstein points to the Ismāʿīlī tradition as one possible source which helped shape the distinct intellectual world from which both Ibn Masarra and Ibn al-ʿArabī derived. By analyzing their writings and the works of various Ismāʿīlī authors, Michael Ebstein unearths the many links that connect the thought of Ibn Masarra and Ibn al-ʿArabī to the Ismāʿīlī tradition.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004255371
Antisemitic conspiracy theories in the early modern Iberian world : narratives of fear and hatred /
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In Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories in the Early Modern Iberian World: Narratives of Fear and Hatred , François Soyer offers the first detailed historical analysis of antisemitic conspiracy theories in Spain, Portugal and their overseas colonies between 1450 and 1750. These conspiracy theories accused Jews and conversos , the descendants of medieval Jewish converts to Christianity, of deadly plots and blamed them for a range of social, religious, military and economic problems. Ultimately, many Iberian antisemitic conspiracy theorists aimed to create a 'moral panic' about the converso presence in Iberian society, thereby justifying the legitimacy of ethnic discrimination within the Church and society. Moreover, they were also exploited by some churchmen seeking to impose an idealized sense of communal identity upon the lay faithful.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004395602 :
2213-9141 ;
Christian identity amid Islam in medieval Spain /
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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.
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1 online resource (x, 296 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004192294 :
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Visions, prophecies, and divinations : early modern Messianism and Millenarianism in Iberian America, Spain and Portugal /
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Visions, Prophecies and Divinations is an introduction to the vast and complex phenomena of prophecy and vision in the Spanish and Portuguese Empires. This book is dedicated to the study of the millenarian and messianic movements in the early modern Iberian world, and it is one of the first collections of essays on the subject to be published in English. The ten chapters range from the analysis of Mesoamerican and South American indigenous prophetical beliefs to the intellectual history of the Luso-Brazilian Jesuit Antônio Vieira and his project of a Fifth Empire, passing through new approaches to the long-lasting Sebastianist belief and its political implications.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004316454 :
2213-9141 ; :
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Islamic law and the crisis of the Reconquista : the debate on the status of Muslim communities in Christendom /
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The Reconquista left unprecedentedly large numbers of Muslims living under Christian rule. Since Islamic religious and legal institutions had been developed by scholars who lived under Muslim rule and who assumed this condition as a given, how Muslims should proceed in the absence of such rule became the subject of extensive intellectual investigation. In Islamic Law and the Crisis of the Reconquista , Alan Verskin examines the way in which the Iberian school of Mālikī law developed in response to the political, theological, and practical difficulties posed by the Reconquista. He shows how religious concepts, even those very central to the Islamic religious experience, could be rethought and reinterpreted in order to respond to the changing needs of Muslims.
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1 online resource (x, 202 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-199) and index. :
9789004284531 :
1384-1130 ; :
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Governing the galleys : jurisdiction, justice, and trade in the squadrons of the hispanic monarchy (sixteenth-seventeenth centuries) /
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The development of the Spanish Navy in the early modern Mediterranean triggered a change in the balance of political and economic power for the coastal populations of the Hispanic Monarchy. The establishment of new permanent squadrons, endowed with very broad jurisdictional powers, was the cause of many conflicts with the local authorities and had a direct influence on the economic and production activities of the region. Manuel Lomas analyzes the progressive consolidation of these institutions in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, their influence on the mechanisms of justice and commerce, and how they contributed to the reconfiguration of the jurisdictional system that governed the maritime trade in the Mediterranean.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004413290
The Nasrid Kingdom of Granada between East and West : (Thirteenth to Fifteenth Centuries) /
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"The Nasrid Kingdom of Granada (1232-1492) was the last Islamic state in al-Andalus. It has long been considered a historical afterthought, even an anomaly, but this impression must be rectified: here we place the kingdom in a new context, within the processes of change that were taking place across all Western Islamic societies in the late Middle Ages. Despite being the last Islamic entity in the Iberian Peninsula, Granada was neither isolated nor exclusively associated with the nearest Islamic lands. The special relationship between Nasrid territory and the surrounding Christian states accelerated historical processes of change. This volume edited by Adela Fábregas examines the Nasrid kingdom through its politics, society, economics, and culture. Contributors: Daniel Baloup, Bárbara Boloix-Gallardo, María Elena Díez Jorge, Adela Fábregas, Ángel Galán Sánchez, Alberto García Porras, Expiración García Sánchez, Raúl González Arévalo, Pierre Guichard, Antonio Malpica Cuello, Christine Mazzoli-Guintard, Rafael G. Peinado, Antonio Peláez Rovira, José Miguel Puerta Vílchez, María Dolores Rodríguez-Gómez, Juan Carlos Ruiz Souza, Roser Salicrú i Lluch, Bilal Sarr, Francisco Vidal-Castro, Gerard Wiegers, Amalia Zomeño"--
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Original title unknown. :
1 online resource. :
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9789004443594
9789004442344
Umayyad legacies : medieval memories from Syria to Spain /
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The Umayyads, the first dynasty of Islam, ruled over a vast empire from their central province of Syria, providing a line of caliphs from 661 to 750. Another branch later ruled in al-Andalus - Islamic Spain - from 756 to 1031, ruling first as emirs and then as caliphs themselves. This book is the first to bring together studies of this far-flung family and treat it not as two unrelated caliphates but as a single enterprise. Yet for all that historians have made note of Umayyad accomplishments in the Near East and al-Andalus, Umayyad legacies - what later generations made of these caliphs and their achievements - are poorly understood. Building on new interest in the study of memory and Islamic historiography and including interdisciplinary perspectives from Arabic literature, art, and archaeology, this book highlights Umayyad achievements and the shaping of our knowledge of the Umayyad past.
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Includes selected papers from a conference organized by the Institut français du Proche-Orient (IFPO) and the University of Notre Dame's Medieval Institute held in Damascus, Syria, June 29-July 2, 2006. :
1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004190986 :
0929-2403 ; :
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Las manifestaciones gráficas prehistóricas en el dolmen de Soto (Trigueros, Huelva) /
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Engraved and painted images upon the upright stones of the Dolmen de Soto were investigated and recorded by a team of international scientists using a variety of photogrammetric methods in 2016-17. This book tells the fascinating story of the archaeological and historical context of the site and presents the stunning results the project yielded.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (210 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803272467 (PDF ebook) :
Social complexity in early medieval rural communities : the north-western Iberia archaeological record /
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This title presents an overview of the results of the research project DESPAMED funded by the Spanish Minister of Economy and Competitiveness. It discusses the theoretical challenges posed by the study of social inequality and social complexity in early medieval peasant communities in north-western Iberia.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
9781784915094 (ebook) :
Estudios para la configuracioń de las facies cerámicas altoimperiales en el Sur de la Península Ibérica /
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An exploration of the economy and trade in the South of the Iberian Peninsula during the High Roman Empire, focusing on the study of ceramic contexts in several market places and consumption centres located in the region.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (ii, 284 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
9781784918125 (ebook) :
Corpus inscriptionum christianarum et mediaevalium provinciae burgensis : (SS. IV-XIII) /
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Information regarding epigraphy, both early Christian and medieval, in the province of Burgos was scarce and spread around in inaccessible publications. This Corpus contains and analyses all entries between IV and XIII centuries, located in the province of Burgos.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781784912543 (PDF ebook) :
Ländliche siedlungsstrukturen im römischen Spanien : das Becken von Vera und das Camp de Tarragona - zwei Mikroregionen im Vergleich /
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The present study deals with the comparison of rural settlements, aiming to compare developments in various settlements of the Iberian Peninsula during the Roman era. This is to show to what extent structures in the hinterland show parallels or are different from one another and to explore the causes of these similarities and differences. Aspects of the Roman economy must be taken into account as well as the micro-regional influences of pre-Roman settlement or topographical conditions. To achieve this goal, various aspects of rural settlements such as the dating, size or status of a place and its location and environmental conditions are analyzed and related. Archaeological, geographic and statistical methods of investigation are used. These methods, along with the complete resulting data, are fully disclosed in order to allow the comparison to be extended to other regions.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource : illustrations (colour). :
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9781784915551 (ebook) :
Tres usurpadores godos : tres estudios sobre la tiranía en el reino visigodo de Toledo /
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This text presents a study of three famous usurpations of the Visigothic period: the uprising of Prince Hermenegild (579-585); the rebellion of Duke Argimundo at the beginning of the reign of Recaredo; and Duke Theudemirus and the role he played in the transmission of power between Visigoths and Arabs after the fall of the kingdom of Toledo.
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Also issued in print: 2021.
"Available in both print and Open Access"--Homepage. :
1 online resource (xii, 428 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789699609 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
De la provincia Celtiberia a la qūrā de Santabariyya : arqueología de la antigüedad tardía en la provincia de Cuenca (siglos V-VIII d.C.) /
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This volume presents a historical and archaeological study of the province of Cuenca in Late Antiquity. The study concludes with an examination of the archaeological collection from the province, which has been divided into three large groups: monumental sculpture and epigraphic items, ceramic productions and metalwork arts.
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Previously issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (630 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) :
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781789690651 (ebook) :
From Hispalis to Ishbiliyya : the ancient port of Seville, from the Roman empire to the end of the Islamic period (45 BC-AD 1248) /
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This monograph focuses on the history and development of the topography, layout, and facilities of the ancient port of Seville, located in the lower Guadalquivir River Basin, between the 1st century BC and the 13th century AD. Until now, despite its commercial importance, little has been known about the port's exact position, layout, and facilities.
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Also issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (xx, 216 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789690590 (ebook) :
Conflict landscapes : an archaeology of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War /
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This volume is an archaeological exploration of the conflict landscapes encountered by volunteers of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). This research draws, not only on the techniques of landscape archaeology, but also on the writings of international volunteers in Spain - in particular, George Orwell.
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Previously issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (220 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789691351 (ebook) :
La defensa de la ciudad de Valencia 1936-1939 : una arqueología de la guerra civil española /
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This publication presents the defense of the city of Valencia during the years 1936-1939 under two premises; whether Valencia was strategically bombed and which were the targets. The second premise is whether the city was efficiently organized to protect its civilians.
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1 online resource (236 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781789692037 (ebook) :