Negotiating Cultures
Bilingual Surrender Treaties in Muslim-Crusader Spain under James the Conqueror
Published on 12. October 1999
Book
Leather / fine binding
XVIII, 279 pages
978-90-04-11244-5 (ISBN)
Description
James I "the Conqueror", king of Arago-Catalonia, conquered Mediterranean Spain from Islam during fifty crusading years (1225-1276). From his many surrender treaties, only two survive in their interlinear bilingual originals, both presented here. Each reflects the fragmentation of post-Almohad Islam, the warrior heroes of Islam carving recalcitrant principalities out of the confusion, the hard-fought local negotiations and the confrontation between two radically opposed mentalities.
The full meaning of these battered and deteriorated bits of parchment emerges only from minute reconstruction of the Arabic and Latinate texts and especially from ever-widening circles of changing contexts in each world, an historical kaleidoscope.
Many surprises here await students of medieval Europe, the Islamic West, Spain, the Crusades, diplomacy, Mudejars/Moriscos, and cultural conflict and interchange.
The full meaning of these battered and deteriorated bits of parchment emerges only from minute reconstruction of the Arabic and Latinate texts and especially from ever-widening circles of changing contexts in each world, an historical kaleidoscope.
Many surprises here await students of medieval Europe, the Islamic West, Spain, the Crusades, diplomacy, Mudejars/Moriscos, and cultural conflict and interchange.
Reviews / Votes
'...a detailed revision of James' conquest of the kingdom of Valencia, a multi-faceted analysis of two documents, and a series of illuminating contextual essays.'Brian Catlos, Medieval Encounters, 2000.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth
With dust jacket
Illustrations
12 Taf., 3 Abb., 1 Frontispiz
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 169 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
744 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-11244-5 (9789004112445)
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Persons
Robert I. Burns, S.J., Ph.D. (1958, Johns Hopkins), Doc. Es. Sc.Hist. (1961, Fribourg), is a Senior History Professor at the University of California (UCLA) and author of ten books on medieval Spain, including currently Jews in the Notarial Culture (Berkeley, University of California Press, 1996).
Paul E. Chevedden, Ph.D. (1986, UCLA) is Professor of History at the Virginia Military Institute and specializes in premodern siege tactics and fortifications. Hee has edited and contributed to Iberia and the Mediterranean World of the Middle Ages: Essays in Honor of Robert I. Burns, S.J., vol. 2 (Brill, 1996) and has published studies on pre-modern artillery and defensive planning as well as on Arabic epigraphy.
Mikel de Epalza, Ph.D., has held teaching posts in Spanish, French, and Arabic universities and is currently professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Alicante. A prolific author, he edits the journal Sharq al-Andalus.
Paul E. Chevedden, Ph.D. (1986, UCLA) is Professor of History at the Virginia Military Institute and specializes in premodern siege tactics and fortifications. Hee has edited and contributed to Iberia and the Mediterranean World of the Middle Ages: Essays in Honor of Robert I. Burns, S.J., vol. 2 (Brill, 1996) and has published studies on pre-modern artillery and defensive planning as well as on Arabic epigraphy.
Mikel de Epalza, Ph.D., has held teaching posts in Spanish, French, and Arabic universities and is currently professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Alicante. A prolific author, he edits the journal Sharq al-Andalus.
Content
List of Illustrations
Preface
Part One Al-Azraq and James the Conqueror
1. Al-Azraq's World
2. The Al-Azraq Treaty
3. The Al-Azraq Treaty
Part Two Jativa and James the Conqueror
4. Jativa: Key to the South
5. The Tightening Noose: A sequence of Sieges
6. Expulsion 1248, Removal 1252
7. The Treaty of 1244 Rediscovered
8. Latin Text: Witnesses, Reconstruction, Dark Fate
9. The 1244 Treaty: Arabic Text and Analysis
Part Three Cultures in Negotiation: Negotitating a Culture
10. 'Ahd: Muslim/Mudejar/Morisco Communities
11. Crusader Perspective, Islamic Perspective
Appendix
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Preface
Part One Al-Azraq and James the Conqueror
1. Al-Azraq's World
2. The Al-Azraq Treaty
3. The Al-Azraq Treaty
Part Two Jativa and James the Conqueror
4. Jativa: Key to the South
5. The Tightening Noose: A sequence of Sieges
6. Expulsion 1248, Removal 1252
7. The Treaty of 1244 Rediscovered
8. Latin Text: Witnesses, Reconstruction, Dark Fate
9. The 1244 Treaty: Arabic Text and Analysis
Part Three Cultures in Negotiation: Negotitating a Culture
10. 'Ahd: Muslim/Mudejar/Morisco Communities
11. Crusader Perspective, Islamic Perspective
Appendix
Glossary
Bibliography
Index