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

by Simon Barton

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. Interfaith liaisons carried powerful resonances, as such unions could function as a tool of diplomacy, the catalyst for conversion, or potent psychological propaganda...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812246756
• ISBN13: 9780812246759
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"