Parution: C.L.TIESZEN, "Christian Identity amid Islam in Medieval Spain", Brill, 2013

Christian Identity amid Islam in Medieval Spain By Charles L. Tieszen, University of Birmingham In Christian Identity amid Islam in Medieval Spain Charles L. Tieszen explores a small corpus of texts from medieval Spain in an effort to deduce how their authors defined their religious identity in light of Islam, and in turn, how they hoped their readers would distinguish themselves from the Muslims in their midst. It is argued that the use of reflected self-image as a tool for interpreting Chr..