Enemies and Familiars : : Slavery and Mastery in Fifteenth-Century Valencia /

Enemies and Familiars : : Slavery and Mastery in Fifteenth-Century Valencia / / Debra Blumenthal.

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A prominent Mediterranean port located near Islamic territories, the city of Valencia in the late fifteenth century boasted a slave population of pronounced religious and ethnic diversity: captive Moors and penally enslaved Mudejars, Greeks, Tartars, Russians, Circassians, and a growing population o...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Blumenthal, Debra,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past
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Physical Description:1 online resource (328 p.) :; 1 table, 3 maps, 4 halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Maps
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Editorial Method
  • Introduction
  • 1. Defining De Bona Guerra
  • 2. "Talking Tools": Slaves in the Marketplace
  • 3. Slave Labors
  • 4. Enemies or Extended Family? Slaves in the Household
  • 5. Sex and Swordplay: Slavery and Honor
  • 6. Paths to Freedom
  • 7. Living "Com a Franch"-"Like a Free Person"
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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