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Author: Kathryn A. Miller
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Título Guardians of Islam: Religious Authority and Muslim Communities of Late Medieval Spain
Autor Kathryn Miller
Encuadernación Tapa dura
Páginas 296
Volúmenes 1
Idioma ENG
Editorial Columbia University Press
Fecha de publicación 2008-10-09
Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
ISBN 9780231136129 / 0231136129
Peso 1.2 libras (0.54 kg)
Dimensiones 9.1 x 6.3 x 1 pulgadas (23.11 x 16.00 x 2.54 cm)
Temas
- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Cultural Region: Western Europe
- Religious Orientation: Islamic
Library of Congress subjects Muslims - Spain - History, Spain - Civilization - 711-1516
Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2008020179
Dewey Decimal Code 305.697

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Kathryn A. Miller is assistant professor of history at Stanford University. Her research interests focus on medieval Iberia, Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations in the medieval Mediterranean, commerce, and comparative legal history. Her current research concerns the trade of captives across religious boundaries between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries in the Mediterranean.

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Hardback. New. Muslim enclaves within non-Islamic polities are commonly believed to have been beleaguered communities undergoing relentless cultural and religious decline. Cut off from the Islamic world, these Muslim groups, it is assumed, passively yielded to political, social, and economic forces of assimilation and acculturation before finally accepting Christian dogma. Kathryn A. Miller radically reconceptualizes what she calls the exclave experience of medieval Muslim minorities. By focusing on the legal scholars (faqihs) of fifteenth-century Aragonese Muslim communities and translating little-known and newly discovered texts, she unearths a sustained effort to connect with Muslim coreligionaries and preserve practice and belief in the face of Christian influences. Devoted to securing and disseminating Islamic knowledge, these local authorities intervened in Christian courts on behalf of Muslims, provided Arabic translations, and taught and advised other Muslims. Miller follows the activities of… Leer más