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The Martyrs of Cordoba

Community and Family Conflict in an Age of Mass Conversion [Hardback]

by Jessica A. Coope

    • Author

      Jessica A. Coope

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      University of Nebraska Press

    • Published

      April 1995

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      The Martyrs of Cordoba

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      Between 850 and 859 (Christian Era), the Muslim government of Cordoba ordered the execution of forty-eight Christians. With few exceptions, these Christians invited execution by committing capital offenses: some appeared before the Muslim authorities to denounce Mohammed; others, Christian children of mixed Islamic-Christian marriages, publicly proclaimed their Christianity. Coope investigates the origins of this "martyrs' movement" in Cordoba, then flourishing as a center of Islamic culture. She cites the fears of radical Christians that conversions to Islam were on the increase and that still more Christians were being assimilated into Arab Muslim culture. These fears were well-founded, and the executions further divided Cordovan Christians: some believed the executed to be martyrs, others argued that these were not martyrs but fanatics and troublemakers. For their part, the Muslim authorities, disposed to be tolerant, would have preferred sectarian peace; the martyrs were given every opportunity to recant. Using Christian sources (particularly the hagiographies of St.Eulogius) and Arabic accounts to understand the complex tensions in Muslim Spain between and among the Muslim majority and Christian minority, Coope presents a valuable and fresh view of this society at the apogee of al-Andalus, Muslim Spain.Jessica A. Coope is an assistant professor of history at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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      • Author

        Jessica A. Coope

      • Book Format

        Hardback

      • Publisher

        University of Nebraska Press

      • Published

        April 1995

      • Weight

        314g

      • Page Count

        115

      • Dimensions

        140 x 216 x 12 mm

      • ISBN

        9780803214712

      • ISBN-10

        0803214715

      • Eden Code

        1194572

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      • Author/Creator: Jessica A. Coope

      • ISBN: 9780803214712

      • Publisher: University of Nebraska Press

      • Release Date: April 1995

      • Weight: 314g

      • Dimensions: 140 x 216 x 12 mm

      • Eden Code: 1194572

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