Enemies in the Plaza: Urban Spectacle and the End of Spanish Frontier Culture, 146-1492

by Thomas Devaney

Toward the end of the fifteenth century, Spanish Christians near the border of Castile and Muslim-ruled Granada held complex views about religious tolerance. People living in frontier cities bore much of the cost of war against Granada and faced the greatest risk of retaliation, but had to reconcile an ideology of holy war with the genuine admiration many felt for individual members of other religious groups. After a century of near-continuous...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812247132
• ISBN13: 9780812247138
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"