Work
Language of data  |   French   ·  English

Law and religious minorities in Medieval societies

Editorial director

Echevarría Arsuaga, Ana

Monferrer-Sala, Juan Pedro, 1962‒

Tolan, John Victor, 1959‒

Date of creation
  • 2014   Gregorian
      
Preferred title

Law and religious minorities in Medieval societies   English  

Variant title work
  • De la teoría legal a la práctica en el derecho de las minoría religiosas en la edad media   Spanish  
Work type Aggregating work
Non-literary work Conference proceedings (This volume is based on a conference organized by the Cordoba Near Eastern Research Unit (CNERU), Universidad de Córdoba; the project "Los mudéjares y moriscos de Castilla (siglos XI-XVI)") Non-literary work Historical work
Work manifested Monograph
Work genre Textual work
Audience

Adult, serious

Summary

This volume shows through the use of legal sources that law was used to try to erect boundaries between communities in order to regulate or restrict interaction between the faithful and the non-faithful; and at the same time shows how these boundaries were repeatedly transgressed and negotiated.
Muslim law developed a clear legal cadre for dhimmīs, inferior but protected non-Muslim communities (in particular Jews and Christians) and Roman Canon law decreed a similar status for Jewish and Muslim communities in Europe. Yet the theoretical hierarchies between faithful and infidel were constantly brought into question in the daily interactions between men and women of different faiths in streets, markets, bath-houses, law courts, etc. The twelve essays in this volume explore these tensions and attempts to resolve them. These contributions show that law was used to try to erect boundaries between communities in order to regulate or restrict interaction between the faithful and the non-faithful—and at the same time how these boundaries were repeatedly transgressed and negotiated. These essays explore also the possibilities and the limits of the use of legal sources for the social historian.

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Bibliography

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