Christians, Muslims, and Jews in Medieval and Early Modern Spain - 9780268022631

Christians, Muslims, and Jews in Medieval and Early Modern SpainInteraction and Cultural Change\nAuthor(s): Mark D. Meyerson, Edward D. English\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Notre Dame Press, United States\nImprint: University of Notre Dame Press\nISBN-13: 9780268022631, 978-0268022631\nSynopsis\nThe essays in this interdisciplinary volume examine the social and cultural interaction of Christians, Muslims, and Jews in Spain during the medieval and early modern periods. Together, the essays provide a unique comparative perspective on compelling problems of ethnoreligious relations.\n\n Christians, Muslims, and Jews in Medieval and Early Modern Spain considers how certain social and political conditions fostered fruitful cultural interchange, while others promoted mutual hostility and aversion. The volume examines the factors that enabled one religious minority to maintain its cultural integrity and identity more effectively than another in the same sociopolitical settin.