Convivencia and Medieval Spain: Essays in Honor of Thomas F. Glick (Mediterranean Perspectives)

This Volume Is A Collection Of Essays On Medieval Spain, Written By Leading Scholars On Three Continents, That Celebrates The Career Of Thomas F. Glick. Using A Wide Array Of Innovative Methodological Approaches, These Essays Offer Insights On Areas Of Medieval Iberian History That Have Been Of Particular Interest To Glick: Irrigation, The History Of Science, And Cross-cultural Interactions Between Jews, Christians, And Muslims. By Bringing Together Original Research On Topics Ranging From Water Management And Timekeeping To Poetry And Women's History, This Volume Crosses Disciplinary Boundaries And Reflects The Wide-ranging, Gap-bridging Work Of Glick Himself, A Pivotal Figure In The Historiography Of Medieval Spain. Ever Since Castro: Thomas F. Glick, Medieval Spain, And Convivencia / Mark T. Abate. Part 1 Irrigation : Water Management And Irrigation In Medieval Mediterranean Societies: An Overview / Helena Kirchner -- Irrigation And Political Power In The Medieval Kingdom Of Valencia / Enric Guinot Rodríguez. Part 2 Contacts : Notes On The Methodology Of Studying The History Of The Dhimmis / Torki Fahad A. Al-saud -- Convivencia As Persecution In Ninth-century Córdoba / Kenneth Baxter Wolf -- Ramon De Penyafort's Responses To Questions Concerning Relations Between Christians And Saracens: Critical Edition And Translation / John Tolan -- Al-tābisī And His Descendants: The Failed Integration Of A Military Andalusi Family Into The Christian Society Of The Kingdom Of Valencia (1238-1283) / Josep Torró -- The Mustassaf Of Costelló De La Plana / Doug Kierdorf. Part 3 Perceptions : The Battle Of Zallaqa Between Mythos To Logos / William Granara -- Narratives Of Muslim Violence In Christian Courts In The Late Medieval Kingdom Of Valencia / Mark D. Meyerson -- Were Women Part Of Convivencia? / Jessica Coope -- Spain, Islam, And Thirteenth-century Dominican Memory / Thomas E. Burman And Lydia M. Walker -- Although He Sinned: Spanish Conversos Between Law, Theology, And Jewish Popular Perception / Jonathan Ray. Part 4 Science : The Astronomical Background Of Abraham Bar Ḥiyya's Astrological History / Julio Samsó -- A Muslim's Book And Its Christina And Jewish Readers: The Way Al-farabi's Enumeration Of The Science Came To Influence Western European Scholars / Michael C. Weber -- Reading Averroes / Michael Mcvaugh. Part 5 Epilogue : Boston Through Arab Eyes: A Brief Memoir Of Studying Under Ustaaz Thomas F. Glick / Abdalghafour Ismail Al-rozi. Index. Mark T. Abate, Editor. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. CONVIVENCIA AND MEDIEVAL SPAIN Foreword: Thomas F. Glick and Convivencia Contents List of Figures List of Tables Notes on Contributors Chapter 1: “Ever Since Castro: Thomas F. Glick, Medieval Spain, and Convivencia” Cleveland to Harvard: Sartonism Barcelona and Columbia: Arabism Harvard and Valencia: Back to History Texas and the Sociologists Theory and Sample Works The Last Diffusionist Glick, Castro, and Convivencia The Essays Part I: Irrigation Part II: Contacts Part III: Perceptions Part IV: Science Epilogue Bibliography Part I: Irrigation Chapter 2: Water Management and Irrigation in Medieval Mediterranean Societies: An Overview From Roman to Early Medieval Irrigation Systems Feudal Hydraulics Islamic Hydraulics Bibliography Chapter 3: Irrigation and Political Power in the Medieval Kingdom of Valencia Society in the Kingdom of Valencia in the Late Middle Ages: Feudalism, Landlords, Cities, and Peasants Medieval Valencia: Natural Features Social Management of Water After the Christian Conquest in the Thirteenth Century Institutions and Governance of Irrigation in the Kingdom of Valencia (Thirteenth–Fourteenth Centuries) Direct Management by Royal Officials Municipal Model The Communal Model in the Huertas of Valencia and Xàtiva Institutions with Political Power Over Irrigation First Level: The Acequieros Second Level: Municipalities and Communes Third Level: Lords and Local Royal Officials Fourth Level: Royal Officials of the Kingdom—The General Bailiff and the Governor Fifth Level: The Crown and the Royal Judges Conclusions Bibliography Part II: Contacts Chapter 4: Notes on the Methodology of Studying the History of the Dhimmis Bibliography Chapter 5: Convivencia as Persecution in Ninth-Century Córdoba Bibliography Chapter 6: Ramon de Penyafort’s Responses to Questions Concerning Relations Between Christians and Saracens: Critical Edition and Translation Introduction Manuscripts Earlier Editions Editorial Principles Critical Edition of Latin Text of the Dubitabilia Chapter 7: Al-Tābisı̄ and His Descendants: The Failed Integration of a Military Andalusi Family into the Christian Society of the Kingdom of Valencia (1238–1283) Who Was “Tevicino”? The Abū Zayd Connection The Castles of al-Tābisı̄ The Family of al-Tābisı̄ Conclusions Bibliography Chapter 8: The Mustassaf of Castelló de la Plana Weights and Measures and the Mustassaf Case Study 1: Candlemakers Case Study 2: Tanners Case Study 3: Textiles Case Study 4: Veterinarian Bibliography Part III: Perceptions Chapter 9: The Battle of Zallaqa Between Mythos to Logos I II III IV Bibliography Chapter 10: Narratives of Muslim Violence in Christian Courts in the Late Medieval Kingdom of Valencia Bibliography Chapter 11: Were Women Part of Convivencia? Bibliography Chapter 12: Spain, Islam, and Thirteenth-Century Dominican Memory Bibliography Chapter 13: “Although He Sinned”: Spanish Conversos Between Law, Theology, and Jewish Popular Perception Conversion and the Destabilization of Religious Categories The Roots of Popular Jewish Attitudes Jewish Rejection of ‘anusim as an Operative Category Bibliography Part IV: Science Chapter 14: The Astronomical Background of Abraham Bar Ḥiyya’s Astrological History Introduction: Astrological History in Eastern Islam Astrological History in al-Andalus and the Maghrib Abraham Bar Ḥiyya’s Astrological History of the Nation of Israel Houses Planetary Longitudes Conclusions Bibliography Chapter 15: A Muslim’s Book and Its Christian and Jewish Readers: The Way al-Farabi’s Enumeration of the Sciences Came to Influence Western European Scholars Bibliography Chapter 16: Reading Averroes II Appendix: A Montpellier Scholar’s Epitome of Averroes’ Colliget, c. 1325 Bibliography Part V: Epilogue Chapter 17: Boston Through Arab Eyes: A Brief Memoir of Studying Under Ustaaz Thomas F. Glick Correction to: Reading Averroes Index This Volume Is A Collection Of Essays On Medieval Spain, Written By Leading Scholars On Three Continents, That Celebrates The Career Of Thomas F. Glick. Using A Wide Array Of Innovative Methodological Approaches, These Essays Offer Insights On Areas Of Medieval Iberian History That Have Been Of Particular Interest To Glick: Irrigation, The History Of Science, And Cross-cultural Interactions Between Jews, Christians, And Muslims. By Bringing Together Original Research On Topics Ranging From Water Management And Timekeeping To Poetry And Women's History, This Volume Crosses Disciplinary Boundaries And Reflects The Wide-ranging, Gap-bridging Work Of Glick Himself, A Pivotal Figure In The Historiography Of Medieval Spain. Ever Since Castro: Thomas F. Glick, Medieval Spain, And Convivencia / Mark T. Abate. Part 1 Irrigation : Water Management And Irrigation In Medieval Mediterranean Societies: An Overview / Helena Kirchner -- Irrigation And Political Power In The Medieval Kingdom Of Valencia / Enric Guinot Rodríguez. Part 2 Contacts : Notes On The Methodology Of Studying The History Of The Dhimmis / Torki Fahad A. Al-saud -- Convivencia As Persecution In Ninth-century Córdoba / Kenneth Baxter Wolf -- Ramon De Penyafort's Responses To Questions Concerning Relations Between Christians And Saracens: Critical Edition And Translation / John Tolan -- Al-tābisī And His Descendants: The Failed Integration Of A Military Andalusi Family Into The Christian Society Of The Kingdom Of Valencia (1238-1283) / Josep Torró -- The Mustassaf Of Costelló De La Plana / Doug Kierdorf. Part 3 Perceptions : The Battle Of Zallaqa Between Mythos To Logos / William Granara -- Narratives Of Muslim Violence In Christian Courts In The Late Medieval Kingdom Of Valencia / Mark D. Meyerson -- Were Women Part Of Convivencia? / Jessica Coope -- Spain, Islam, And Thirteenth-century Dominican Memory / Thomas E. Burman And Lydia M. Walker -- Although He Sinned: Spanish Conversos Between Law, Theology, And Jewish Popular Perception / Jonathan Ray. Part 4 Science : The Astronomical Background Of Abraham Bar Ḥiyya's Astrological History / Julio Samsó -- A Muslim's Book And Its Christina And Jewish Readers: The Way Al-farabi's Enumeration Of The Science Came To Influence Western European Scholars / Michael C. Weber -- Reading Averroes / Michael Mcvaugh. Part 5 Epilogue : Boston Through Arab Eyes: A Brief Memoir Of Studying Under Ustaaz Thomas F. Glick / Abdalghafour Ismail Al-rozi. Index. Mark T. Abate, Editor. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.