Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614

by L.P. Harvey

Book Overview

On December 18, 1499, the Muslims in Granada revolted against the Christian city government's attempts to suppress their rights to live and worship as followers of Islam. Although the Granada riot was a local phenomenon that was soon contained, subsequent widespread rebellion provided the Christian government with an excuse--or justification, as its leaders saw things--to embark on the systematic elimination of the Islamic presence from Spain, as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226319636
• ISBN13: 9780226319636
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 462 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"