Pedro de Valencia and the Catholic Apologists of the Expulsion of the Moriscos: Visions of Christianity and Kingship
Drawing on arguments for and against the expulsion of the Moriscos, and using previously unpublished source material, this book compares the case against banishment made by the Christian humanist Pedro de Valencia with that in favour pleaded by Catholic apologists.
| Zusammenfassung: | Drawing on arguments for and against the expulsion of the Moriscos, and using previously unpublished source material, this book compares the case against banishment made by the Christian humanist Pedro de Valencia with that in favour pleaded by Catholic apologists. Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Part I The Catholic Apologists -- Chapter One Spain's Perception of its Own Predominant Role in Christendom in the Early Seventeenth Century -- Chapter Two Santiago and Spain's Perceived Pre-eminence among Christian Nations -- Chapter Three The Catholic Apologists of the Expulsion of the Moriscos: Anti-Islamic Propaganda -- Chapter Four Guilt by Association: Anti-Islamic Invective -- Part II Pedro de Valencia -- Chapter Five Pedro de Valencia: Biblical Scholar, Humanist and Social Critic -- Chapter Six Pedro de Valencia, Royal Chronicler -- Chapter Seven Pedro de Valencia's Vision of a 'Caste-Free' Society -- Chapter Eight Pedro de Valencia's 'Tratado acerca de los moriscos' -- Chapter Nine 'El Tratado acerca de los moriscos' and Pedro de Valencia's Personal Plea to Philip III seen within the Framework of Seventeenth-Century Theories of Kingship -- Chapter Ten Pedro de Valencia's Notion of Kingship: 'El Buen Pastor' -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| ISBN: | 9004189408 |