The Handless Maiden: Moriscos and the Politics of Religion in Early Modern Spain by Mary Elizabeth Perry

The Handless Maiden: Moriscos and the Politics of Religion in Early Modern Spain

Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World

Mary Elizabeth Perry

202 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history politics religion emotional informative reflective medium-paced
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In 1502, a decade of increasing tension between Muslims and Christians in Spain culminated in a royal decree that Muslims in Castile wanting to remain had to convert to Christianity. Mary Elizabeth Perry uses this event as the starting point for a...

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