Where the Middle Ages Begin
A Catalan Contribution to the Converso Controversy Aronson-Friedman, Amy Mediterranean Studies, Volume 14 (2005) Abstract THE MARGINALIZATION OF CATALAN LITERARY WORKS from the canon of Hispanic literature is the result of a tendency by many critics to disregard works written in languages other than Castilian. Jaume Roig’s Spill o Llibre de les dones is one […]
Jews and Christians in Almoravid Seville as Portrayed by the Islamic Jurist Ibn ʿAbdūn By Alejandro García-Sanjuán Medieval Encounters, Vol. 14 (2008) Abstract: This article examines the way in which Jews and Christians are portrayed in the ḥisba treatise by the Andalusian Islamic jurist from Seville, Ibn ʿAbdūn (12th century). The first part is devoted […]
Discrimination and tolerance are asymmetrical concepts in present day usage. Tolerance has a positive meaning and denotes the attitude of a majority that accepts deviant forms of reasoning or behaviour practiced by a minority.
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