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Ritt, T. W. (2004). Reconquista and Convivencia: Post-Conquest Valencia during the Reign of Jaime I, El Conquistador: Interaction Between Christians and Muslims (1238-1276). Retrieved from http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-1850
Reconquista and Convivencia: Post-Conquest Valencia during the Reign of Jaime I, El Conquistador: Interaction Between Christians and Muslims (1238-1276)
The Reconquista in Valencia has traditionally been viewed as an attack on Islam by the Christians of Muslim Spain. However, while there was certainly a religious component to the Reconquista, this was not the sole, or even the most important motivating factor. Operating under a veneer of religious legitimatization were the driving secular ideals of increased political power and wealth. Jaime I of Aragon-Catalonia was not interested in ridding the Iberian Peninsula of its Muslim influence, but rather substituting it with his own rule. This led to a situation in Valencia where Muslims not only survived in Valencia for multiple generations following the Reconquest, but were also allowed to keep many of the privileges that they had enjoyed under thier Muslim overlords. The current work then looks not so much at the belligerent aspects of the Reconquista, but rather at the oftentimes peaceful interaction between Muslims and Christians of the convivencia.
Convivencia, Islam, Valencia, Medieval Spain, Mallorca, Aragon, Jaime I, Reconquista
Date of Defense
June 3, 2004.
Submitted Note
A Thesis Submitted to the Department of History in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Publisher
Florida State University
Identifier
FSU_migr_etd-1850
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Ritt, T. W. (2004). Reconquista and Convivencia: Post-Conquest Valencia during the Reign of Jaime I, El Conquistador: Interaction Between Christians and Muslims (1238-1276). Retrieved from http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-1850
