Knights on the frontier: the moorish guard of the kings of Castile (1410-1467)

Knights on the frontier: the moorish guard of the kings of Castile (1410-1467)

Echevarría, Ana

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The privileged Muslim bodyguard employed by Castilian kings provides a fascinating episode of Muslim-Christian relations in late Medieval Spain, where frontier ideals triumphed. Conversion and assimilation of this group into Christian society tells a different story from that of compulsory baptism and expulsion during the sixteenth century.

  • ISBN: 978-90-04-17110-7
  • Editorial: Brill
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 384
  • Fecha Publicación: 01/01/2008
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés