The Handless Maiden : : Moriscos and the Politics of Religion in Early Modern Spain / / Mary Elizabeth Perry.

In 1502, a decade of increasing tension between Muslims and Christians in Spain culminated in a royal decree that Muslims in Castile wanting to remain had to convert to Christianity. Mary Elizabeth Perry uses this event as the starting point for a remarkable exploration of how Moriscos, converted Mu...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013]
©2005
Year of Publication:2013
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World ; 52
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.) :; 8 halftones. 1 map.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • FOREWORD
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • BRIEF CHRONOLOGY OF THE MORISCOS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • INTRODUCTION: From the Shadows
  • CHAPTER 1. Memories, Myths, and the Handless Maiden
  • CHAPTER 2. Madalena's Bath
  • CHAPTER 3. Dangerous Domesticity
  • CHAPTER 4. With Stones and Roasting Spits
  • CHAPTER 5. Patience and Perseverance
  • CHAPTER 6. The Castigation of Carcayona
  • CHAPTER 7. Warehouse Children, Mixed Legacies, and Contested Identities
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX