Conquerors, Brides, and Concubines - Interfaith Relations and Social Power in Medieval Iberia

Informationen zum Autor Simon Barton is Professor of History at the University of Exeter and author of A History of Spain. Klappentext Conquerors, Brides, and Concubines investigates the political and cultural significance of marriages and other sexual encounters between Christians and Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula from the Islamic conquest in the early eighth century to the end of Muslim rule in 1492. Zusammenfassung Conquerors! Brides! and Concubines investigates the political and cultural significance of marriages and other sexual encounters between Christians and Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula from the Islamic conquest in the early eighth century to the end of Muslim rule in 1492. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1. Sex as Power Chapter 2. Marking Boundaries Chapter 3. Damsels in Distress Chapter 4. Lust and Love on the Iberian Frontier Conclusion Appendix. The Privilegio del Voto List of Abbreviations Notes Selected Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

Product details

• Authors: Simon Barton
• Assisted by: Ruth Mazo Karras (Editor)
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.02.2015
• EAN: 9780812246759
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-4675-9
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: The Middle Ages Series; Middle Ages; Middle Ages; The Middle Ages Series; Conquerors, Brides, and Concubines
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories