Parallel Histories: Muslims and Jews in Inquisitorial Spain

by James S. Amelang

Book Overview

The distinct religious culture of early modern Spain-characterized by religious unity at a time when fierce civil wars between Catholics and Protestants fractured northern Europe-is further understood through examining the expulsion of the Jews and suspected Muslims. While these two groups had previously lived peaceably, if sometimes uneasily, with their Christian neighbors throughout much of the medieval era, the expulsions brought a new intensity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807154105
• ISBN13: 9780807154106
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"