The religious polemics of the Muslims of late medieval Christian Iberia : : identity and religious authority in Mudejar Islam / / by Mònica Colominas Aparicio.

• Superior document: Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World ; Volume 64
• VerfasserIn: Colominas Aparicio, Mònica,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Medieval and early modern Iberian world ; Volume 64.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (411 pages).

The Religious Polemics of the Muslims of Late Medieval Christian Iberia examines the corpus of polemical literature against the Christians and the Jews of the protected Muslims (Mudejars). Commonly portrayed as communities in cultural and religious decay, Mònica Colominas convincingly proves that the discourses against the Christians and the Jews in Mudejar treatises provided authoritative frameworks of Islamic normativity which helped to legitimize the residence of their communities in the Christian territories. Colominas argues that, while the primary aim of the polemics was to refute the views of their religious opponents, Mudejar treatises were also a tool used to advance Islamic knowledge and to strengthen the government and social cohesion of their communities.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration, Conventions and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Connection between Religious Polemics and Notions of Identity and Religious Authority among the Mudejars -- Concepts and Methods for the Study of Religious Authority and Identity in the Religious Polemics of the Mudejars -- Previous Research and Identification of the Mudejar Polemical Sources to be Discussed in the Present Study -- Muslim Literature of Religious Polemics -- Mudejar Polemics with the Jews -- Mudejar Polemics with the Christians -- Mudejar Polemics as a Discursive Tradition -- Conclusions -- Manuscript Description of the Kitāb al-Mujādala (MS ÖNB AF 58) -- Annex -- MS BNE 4944, following 1r–36r: Transcription and Rendering into Modern Spanish -- MS L 536, following 123v–125r: Transcription and Rendering into Modern Spanish.