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Like Wheat to the Miller

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Mary Halavais's Like Wheat to the Miller: Community, Convivencia, and the Construction of Morisco Identity in Sixteenth-Century Aragon reopens the question of the reality of convivencia in Aragon d...
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  • 22 January 2005
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Mary Halavais's Like Wheat to the Miller: Community, Convivencia, and the Construction of Morisco Identity in Sixteenth-Century Aragon reopens the question of the reality of convivencia in Aragon during the 16th century in a tightly-woven examination of two villages, Báguena and Burbaguena, in the Jiloca valley. On the basis of notarial records, parish registers, and ecclesiastical archives, Halavais argues that in these villages local laity and religion made little distinction between old Christians and new (Moriscos): These distinctions were imposed from the outside by ecclesiastical authorities and royal agents. Employing literature on 16th-century Spain along with archival materials, this book provocatively posits that the marginalization of Moriscos was imposed on localities by central authorities and not out of antagonism in the local communities themselves.
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Price: $80.00
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Series: Gutenberg-e
Publication Date: 22 January 2005
ISBN: 9780231124584
Format: Hardcover
BISACs: HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Spain, RELIGION / History
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[An] impressive first book... Challenging common assumptions about diversity and community, Halavais provides an important piece of the larger puzzle of how diverse people lived together and what changed their relationships in the early modern period. She and the Gutenberg-e project of Columbia University Press deserve congratulations for publishing such a fine contribution to historical scholarship.
Mary Halavais did her undergraduate work at the University of Maryland, College Park, and earned her PhD at the University of California, San Diego. She is currently assistant professor of history at Sonoma State University. Halavais is a resident of Santa Rosa, California, and the mother of four children.