04496nam 2200685 a 450 99624797150331620200520144314.00-8014-6368-810.7591/9780801463686(CKB)2550000000039687(dli)HEB30480(SSID)ssj0000529800(PQKBManifestationID)11318454(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000529800(PQKBWorkID)10561539(PQKB)10304050(MiAaPQ)EBC3138157(OCoLC)887851058(MdBmJHUP)muse51781(DE-B1597)478662(OCoLC)979577277(DE-B1597)9780801463686(Au-PeEL)EBL3138157(CaPaEBR)ebr10468036(OCoLC)645595799(EXLCZ)99255000000003968720081020d2009 uy 0engurmnummmmuuuutxtccrEnemies and familiars[electronic resource] slavery and mastery in fifteenth-century Valencia /Debra BlumenthalIthaca Cornell University Press20091 online resource (xii, 306 p. )ill., maps ;Conjunctions of religion and power in the medieval pastBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8014-4502-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Defining de bona guerra -- "Talking tools" : slaves in the marketplace -- Slave labors -- Enemies or extended family? : slaves in the household -- Sex and swordplay : slavery and honor -- Paths to freedom -- Living "com a franch," "like a free person".A prominent Mediterranean port located near Islamic territories, the city of Valencia in the late fifteenth century boasted a slave population of pronounced religious and ethnic diversity: captive Moors and penally enslaved Mudejars, Greeks, Tartars, Russians, Circassians, and a growing population of black Africans. By the end of the fifteenth century, black Africans comprised as much as 40 percent of the slave population of Valencia.Whereas previous historians of medieval slavery have focused their efforts on defining the legal status of slaves, documenting the vagaries of the Mediterranean slave trade, or examining slavery within the context of Muslim-Christian relations, Debra Blumenthal explores the social and human dimensions of slavery in this religiously and ethnically pluralistic society. Enemies and Familiars traces the varied experiences of Muslim, Eastern, and black African slaves from capture to freedom. After describing how men, women, and children were enslaved and brought to the Valencian marketplace, this book examines the substance of slaves' daily lives: how they were sold and who bought them; the positions ascribed to them within the household hierarchy; the sorts of labor they performed; and the ways in which some reclaimed their freedom. Scrutinizing a wide array of archival sources (including wills, contracts, as well as hundreds of civil and criminal court cases), Blumenthal investigates what it meant to be a slave and what it meant to be a master at a critical moment of transition.Arguing that the dynamics of the master-slave relationship both reflected and determined contemporary opinions regarding religious, ethnic, and gender differences, Blumenthal's close study of the day-to-day interactions between masters and their slaves not only reveals that slavery played a central role in identity formation in late medieval Iberia but also offers clues to the development of "racialized" slavery in the early modern Atlantic world.Conjunctions of religion & power in the medieval past.SlaverySpainValencia (Region)HistoryTo 1500SlavesSpainValencia (Region)HistoryTo 1500SlaveholdersSpainValencia (Region)HistoryTo 1500Master and servantSpainValencia (Region)HistoryTo 1500Electronic books.SlaveryHistorySlavesHistorySlaveholdersHistoryMaster and servantHistory306.3/6209467609024Blumenthal Debra1969-1011424MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996247971503316Enemies and familiars2343190UNISA01503oam 2200241z- 450 991015774640332120230913112557.01-63533-179-X(CKB)3710000001002036(BIP)058222464(EXLCZ)99371000000100203620210505c2016uuuu -u- -engAnd to All a Good NightDreamspinner Press1 online resource (50 p.) Kobbi Aackers was excited to have a traditional family Christmas with his younger sister Franzi, a famous rock star. But instead of the peaceful holiday he had planned, she's turning it into a televised musical extravaganza, in a desperate bid for publicity.Kobbi can adapt, especially since the show's host Wytt Kanard is easy on the eyes and easy to work with, even if he doesn't believe in Christmas at all. Wytt is alternatively amused and horrified at the simplicity that is Kobbi's life and the enthusiasm he has for the holiday, all while taking care of his houseful of unexpected guests.Maybe Kobbi can convince the cynical Wytt that Christmas isn't an event to be managed, but something special to be shared. Maybe he can muster the courage to confess his attraction and offer Wytt a surprise present.A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2016 Advent Calendar "Bah Humbug."FictionIvey Felicitas1434931BOOK9910157746403321And to All a Good Night3594408UNINA