Pluralism in the Middle Ages : Hybrid Identities, Conversion, and Mixed Marriages in Medieval Iberia.
The challenges of cultural and religious diversity that face European and American societies today are not a new phenomenon. People in the Middle Ages lived in pluralistic societies, and they found highly interesting ways of dealing with religious and cultural diversity. While religious and politica...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken : Francis,
Taylor & amp ;
2011.
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Colección: | Routledge research in medieval studies.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The challenges of cultural and religious diversity that face European and American societies today are not a new phenomenon. People in the Middle Ages lived in pluralistic societies, and they found highly interesting ways of dealing with religious and cultural diversity. While religious and political authorities commanded people to stick to their kind, some people explored the borderland between religious identities. In medieval Iberia, Christians and Muslims challenged the legal authorities' prohibitions against crossing religious and cultural boundaries when they engaged in mixed marriages b. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (224 pages). |
ISBN: | 9780203800478 0203800478 |