Knights on the Frontier : : the Moorish Guard of the Kings of Castile (1410-1467) / / Ana Echevarria ; translated by Martin Beagles.

The kings of Castile maintained a personal cavalry guard through much of the fifteenth century, consisting of practicing Muslims and converts to Christianity. This privileged Muslim elite provides an interesting case-study to propose new theories about voluntary conversion from Christianity to Islam...

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Place / Publishing House:Boston : : Brill,, 2009.
Year of Publication:2009
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World 36.
Physical Description:1 online resource (380 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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