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UNINA9910778560403321 |
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Autore |
Echevarria Ana |
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Knights on the Frontier : the Moorish Guard of the Kings of Castile (1410-1467) / / Ana Echevarria ; translated by Martin Beagles |
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Boston : , : Brill, , 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-40020-7 |
9786612400209 |
90-474-2441-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (380 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Christianity and other religions - Islam |
Guards troops - Spain - History |
Muslims - Spain - History |
Castile (Spain) History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-345) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material / A. Echevarria -- Chapter One. Christians, Mudejars And Granadans: Three Sides Of One Political Reality / A. Echevarria -- Chapter Two. The Moorish Knights, From The Frontier To The Court / A. Echevarria -- Chapter Three. The King’S "Foreign" Guard / A. Echevarria -- Chapter Four. The Conversion Of The Moorish Knights / A. Echevarria -- Chapter Five. The Dissolution Of The Moorish Guard / A. Echevarria -- Conclusion / A. Echevarria -- Documentary Appendix / A. Echevarria -- Bibliography / A. Echevarria -- Index / A. Echevarria. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 in the Iberian Peninsula, as well as the ways of assimilation of such a group into the local and courtly environments where they lived thereafter. Other subjects involved are the transformation of royal armies from feudal companies to regimented, professional forces including a well-trained cavalry, which in Castile |
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