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. 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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxv “Ever Since Castro: Thomas F. Glick, Medieval Spain, and Convivencia” (Mark T. Abate)....Pages 1-61 Front Matter ....Pages 63-63 Water Management and Irrigation in Medieval Mediterranean Societies: An Overview (Helena Kirchner)....Pages 65-98 Irrigation and Political Power in the Medieval Kingdom of Valencia (Enric Guinot Rodríguez)....Pages 99-128 Front Matter ....Pages 129-129 Notes on the Methodology of Studying the History of the Dhimmis (Torki Fahad A. Al-Saud)....Pages 131-143 Convivencia as Persecution in Ninth-Century Córdoba (Kenneth Baxter Wolf)....Pages 145-157 Ramon de Penyafort’s Responses to Questions Concerning Relations Between Christians and Saracens: Critical Edition and Translation (John Tolan)....Pages 159-192 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)....Pages 193-227 The Mustassaf of Castelló de la Plana (Doug Kierdorf)....Pages 229-249 Front Matter ....Pages 251-251 The Battle of Zallaqa Between Mythos to Logos (William Granara)....Pages 253-275 Narratives of Muslim Violence in Christian Courts in the Late Medieval Kingdom of Valencia (Mark D. Meyerson)....Pages 277-296 Were Women Part of Convivencia? (Jessica Coope)....Pages 297-310 Spain, Islam, and Thirteenth-Century Dominican Memory (Thomas E. Burman, Lydia M. Walker)....Pages 311-339 “Although He Sinned”: Spanish Conversos Between Law, Theology, and Jewish Popular Perception (Jonathan Ray)....Pages 341-367 Front Matter ....Pages 369-369 The Astronomical Background of Abraham Bar Ḥiyya’s Astrological History (Julio Samsó)....Pages 371-392 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 (Michael C. Weber)....Pages 393-408 Reading Averroes (Michael McVaugh)....Pages 409-421 Front Matter ....Pages 423-423 Boston Through Arab Eyes: A Brief Memoir of Studying Under Ustaaz Thomas F. Glick (Abdalghafour Ismail al-Rozi)....Pages 425-433 Correction to: Reading Averroes (Michael McVaugh)....Pages C1-C1 Back Matter ....Pages 435-441