Introduction: Islam and Latin Christendom to 1050; Part I. Static Diasporas: Muslim Communities of Latin Christendom: 1. The tide turns: the Christian Spains I (c.1050–c.1150); 2. A triumph of pragmatism: the Christian Spains II (c.1150–c.1320); 3. Pushing the boundaries: Italy and North Africa (c.1050–c.1350); 4. Infidels in the Holy Land: the Latin East (1099–1291); 5. Diversity in an age of crises: the Christian Spains III (c.1350–1526); 6. Strangers in strange lands: foreign Muslims and slaves in Latin Christendom (c.1050–c.1550); 7. Christians in name: the Morisco problem (1499–1614); Part II. Living in Sin: Islamicate Society under Latin Dominion: 8. Thought: images and ideals of Muslims and Islamicate society in Latin Christendom; 9. Word: law, administration and Islamicate society under Latin rule; 10. Deed: the economic, social and cultural life of the Muslims of Latin Christendom; Postscript: Convivencia, intolerance … or 'questions badly put'?
An innovative study which explores how the presence of Muslim communities transformed Europe and stimulated Christian society to define itself.
Brian Catlos spent over a decade living and travelling in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, North Africa and Asia before completing his PhD (Medieval Studies, Toronto) and joining the History Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is a former President of the American Academy of Research Historians of Medieval Spain, Co-Director of the Mediterranean Seminar, PI of the University of California Multi-Campus Research Project on Mediterranean Studies, an affiliate of the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, an associate of Spain's national research council (CSIC), and a member of several journal boards. He has published extensively on religious minorities and Christian-Muslim-Jewish relations in medieval Europe and the Islamic world, and has received numerous grants and awards, including an NEH Faculty Fellowship. His first academic book, The Victors and the Vanquished, was awarded two prizes by the American Historical Association, and recent articles, 'The de Reys' and 'Accursed, Superior Men', won the Bishko Prize and the Webb Prize. In 2009 he was appointed to Religious Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder, with cross-appointments in Jewish Studies and Humanities. He appeared in the PBS documentary 'Cities of Light', and writes travel guide books.
'The time is right for a sustained synthesis of the last few
generations' mountain of research on the experience of Muslims
under Latin-Christian rule in the Mediterranean lands. Brian Catlos
has accomplished that difficult feat impressively in this volume,
but much more as well. On offer also are his own extensive
knowledge of the vast primary-source base that has undergirded that
research, his own unfailingly deft analysis of complex social and
cultural realities, and his ever energetic and readable prose,
making Muslims of Medieval Latin Christendom, c.1050–1614 not just
an essential summation of Mudejar studies, but a model for future
research on this rich topic.' Thomas E. Burman, University of
Tennessee, Knoxville
'Muslims of Medieval Latin Christendom, c.1050–1614 is one of the
most significant works on Christian-Muslim relations to have been
published in the past twenty-five years. The book is original and
scholarly, and its conclusions are wise.' Simon Barton, University
of Exeter
'This is the first monograph that analyzes the Muslim communities
of medieval Latin Christendom. Brian Catlos combines a focus on the
diversity of experiences of these minorities in Spain, Portugal,
Italy and Hungary with insightful discussions of general traits
that shaped Islamic societies across medieval Europe. Making
excellent use of the explosion of academic studies into this field
of the last years on the one hand, and showing a passion for
pioneering work on archival documents and manuscript sources on the
other, Catlos brings the study of the economic, social, cultural
and religious life of these minorities a major step forward.'
Gerard Wiegers, University of Amsterdam and Visiting Research
Fellow, Käte Hamburger Kolleg, Ruhr University Bochum
'The first modern scholarly work on this subject in any language,
Brian Catlos's magisterial new book is likely to command its field
for a long while to come. Well-known for his studies of religious
minorities in medieval Spain, Catlos here not only synthesises an
immense literature on mudéjar societies but writes with equal
authority on Italy, Hungary, the Crusader States, and indeed
everywhere that Muslim subalterns, slaves or captives were to be
found within medieval Latin Europe. In its range, learning,
archival depth, clarity and vigour, this is an astonishing
achievement.' Peregrine Horden, Royal Holloway, University of
London
'This book will quickly become (and long remain) a vade mecum for
students interested in the topic.' R. T. Ingoglia, Choice
'This book will become the standard book in English for any aspect
of Muslim presence in Christian society in the Middle Ages.'
Charles Burnett, Journal of Islamic Studies
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