| Like Wheat to the Miller: Community, Convivencia, and the Construction of Morisco Identity in Sixteenth-Century Aragon Contributor(s): Halavais, Mary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0231124589 ISBN-13: 9780231124584 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $79.20 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2005 Annotation: Mary Halavais's "Like Wheat to the Miller: Community, Convivencia, and the Construction of Morisco Identity in Sixteenth-Century Aragon" reopens the question of the reality of convivencia in Aragon during the 16th century in a tightly-woven examination of two villages, Bguena and Burbaguena, in the Jiloca valley. On the basis of notarial records, parish registers, and ecclesiastical archives, Halavais argues that in these villages local laity and religion made little distinction between old Christians and new (Moriscos): These distinctions were imposed from the outside by ecclesiastical authorities and royal agents. Employing literature on 16th-century Spain along with archival materials, this book provocatively posits that the marginalization of Moriscos was imposed on localities by central authorities and not out of antagonism in the local communities themselves. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Spain & Portugal - Social Science - Religion | History |
| Dewey: 946.04 |
| Series: Gutenberg-e |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.12" W x 9.36" (0.95 lbs) 196 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Mary Halavais's Like Wheat to the Miller: Community, Convivencia, and the Construction of Morisco Identity in Sixteenth-Century Aragon reopens the question of the reality of convivencia in Aragon during the 16th century in a tightly-woven examination of two villages, B guena and Burbaguena, in the Jiloca valley. On the basis of notarial records, parish registers, and ecclesiastical archives, Halavais argues that in these villages local laity and religion made little distinction between old Christians and new (Moriscos): These distinctions were imposed from the outside by ecclesiastical authorities and royal agents. Employing literature on 16th-century Spain along with archival materials, this book provocatively posits that the marginalization of Moriscos was imposed on localities by central authorities and not out of antagonism in the local communities themselves. |