Polemical Encounters - Christians, Jews, and Muslims in Iberia and Beyond

A collection of essays exploring the polemical encounters in the fields of religion and culture that took place among Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula between the late Middle Ages and the seventeenth century.

About the author

Mercedes García-Arenal is Research Professor at the Spanish National Research Council (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas) in Madrid and the author of several books, including Messianism and Puritanical Reform: Mahdis of the Muslim West and Ahmad al-Mansur: The Beginnings of Modern Morroco, and coauthor, with Fernando Rodríguez Mediano, of The Orient in Spain: Converted Muslims, the Forged Lead Books of Granada, and the Rise of Orientalism.

Summary

A collection of essays exploring the polemical encounters in the fields of religion and culture that took place among Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula between the late Middle Ages and the seventeenth century.

Product details

• Authors: Mercedes Garcia-Arenal
• Assisted by: Mercedes Garcia-Arenal (Editor), Mercedes (Research Professor Garcia-Arenal (Editor), Mercedes García-Arenal (Editor), Gerard Wiegers (Editor), Gerard (Professor of Religious Studies Wiegers (Editor)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.12.2018
• EAN: 9780271081212
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08121-2
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 771 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: Iberian Encounter and Exchange; Iberian Encounter and Exchange, 475-1755; Iberian Encounter and Exchange, 475-1755; Iberian Encounter and Exchange; Iberian Encounter and Exchange, 475–1755
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Spanien, 17. Jahrhundert (1600 bis 1699 n. Chr.), 16. Jahrhundert (1500 bis 1599 n. Chr.), Geschichte der Religion, 1000 bis 1500 nach Christus, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, European History, Spain, Interreligiöse Beziehungen, RELIGION / History, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, History of Religion, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Interfaith relations, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, c 1492 to c 1690 (Spanish Golden Age or ‘Siglo de oro’), HISTORY / Europe / Spain