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Summary
Summary
Through crusades and expulsions, Muslim communities survived for over 500 years, thriving in medieval Europe. This comprehensive study explores how the presence of Islamic minorities transformed Europe in everything from architecture to cooking, literature to science, and served as a stimulus for Christian society to define itself. Combining a series of regional studies, Catlos compares the varied experiences of Muslims across Iberia, southern Italy, the Crusader Kingdoms and Hungary to examine those ideologies that informed their experiences, their place in society and their sense of themselves as Muslims. This is a pioneering new narrative of the history of medieval and early modern Europe from the perspective of Islamic minorities; one which is not, as we might first assume, driven by ideology, isolation and decline, but instead one in which successful communities persisted because they remained actively integrated within the larger Christian and Jewish societies in which they lived.
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A book providing a detailed, nuanced history of medieval/early-modern Muslims living under Christian rule might seem to preclude generalizations and readability. That this is not the case is a tribute to both the author's organization and erudition. The initial chapters provide a diachronic history of the Mudejar communities living in Christian regions (Iberian and Italian peninsulas, Sicily, North Africa, the Levant, and eastern Europe). The later chapters discuss the ideological-religious, administrative, quotidian aspects of the interaction between (and within) members of the different religious groups (including the Jews). Markedly erudite is the author's extensive knowledge (and synthesis) of the secondary literature, as well as his command of the textual and nontextual primary sources (with special emphasis on their strengths and limitations). Catlos (religion, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder) begins each chapter with an analysis of the available sources, and chapter subdivisions start with a textual source pertinent to the subject under discussion. A glossary of important terms found at the end of the book is extremely useful, and clearly indicates that the author's intended audience is upper-level undergraduates and professionals. This book will quickly become (and long remain) a vade mecum for students interested in the topic. --Robert T. Ingoglia, Caldwell University
Table of Contents
| Introduction: Islam and Latin Christendom to 1050 |
| Part I Static Diasporas: Muslim Communities of Latin Christendom |
| 1 The tide turns: the Christian Spains I (c.1050-c.1150) |
| 2 A triumph of pragmatism: the Christian Spains II (c.1150-c.1320) |
| 3 Pushing the boundaries: Italy and North Africa (c.1050-c.1350) |
| 4 Infidels in the Holy Land: the Latin East (1099-1291) |
| 5 Diversity in an age of crises: the Christian Spains III (c.1350-1526) |
| 6 Strangers in strange lands: foreign Muslims and slaves in Latin Christendom (c.1050-c.1550) |
| 7 Christians in name: the Morisco problem (1499-1614) |
| Part II Living in Sin: Islamicate Society under Latin Dominion |
| 8 Thought: images and ideals of Muslims and Islamicate society in Latin Christendom |
| 9 Word: law, administration and Islamicate society under Latin rule |
| 10 Deed: the economic, social and cultural life of the Muslims of Latin Christendom |
| Postscript: Convivencia, intolerance ... or 'questions badly put'? |
