03683nam 2200817Ia 450 991096396000332120200520144314.0978113662210611366221019781136622113113662211X9780203800478020380047810.4324/9780203800478 (CKB)2550000000098137(EBL)958821(OCoLC)798530410(SSID)ssj0000678708(PQKBManifestationID)11482568(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000678708(PQKBWorkID)10745538(PQKB)11498429(Au-PeEL)EBL958821(CaPaEBR)ebr10542161(CaONFJC)MIL761110(OCoLC)785925581(OCoLC)642845872(FINmELB)ELB139042(MiAaPQ)EBC958821(EXLCZ)99255000000009813720110418d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPluralism in the Middle Ages hybrid identities, conversion, and mixed marriages in medieval Iberia /Ragnhild Johnsrud ZorgatiNew York Routledge20121 online resource (224 p.)Routledge research in medieval studies ;2Description based upon print version of record.9781032926483 1032926481 9780415881319 0415881315 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover; Pluralism in the Middle Ages; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Culture Contact in Medieval Iberia; 1. Conversion and Apostasy in Al-Andalus and Christian Spain; 2. Conversion, Childhood, and Gender; 3. Conversion and Concealment; 4. Mixed Marriages in Islamic and Christian Laws; 5. Concubines, Slaves, and Illicit Interfaith Relationships; 6. Reasons Explaining the Ban on Mixed Unions; Conclusion: Hybrid Identities; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThe 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 bRoutledge research in medieval studies ;2.Identification (Religion)History of doctrinesMiddle Ages, 600-1500ConversionHistory of doctrinesMiddle Ages, 600-1500Interfaith marriageSpainHistoryTo 1500Christianity and other religionsSpainIslamRelationsJudaismRelationsSpainReligionIdentification (Religion)History of doctrinesConversionHistory of doctrinesInterfaith marriageHistoryChristianity and other religionsIslamRelations.JudaismRelations.261.20946/0902Zorgati Ragnhild Johnsrud1972-1771948MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910963960003321Pluralism in the Middle Ages4347215UNINA