{"product_id":"blood-and-faith-matthew-carr-9781595586407","title":"Blood and Faith: The Purging of Muslim Spain","description":"A centuries-old story with remarkable contemporary resonance, \u003ci\u003eBlood and Faith\u003c\/i\u003e is celebrated journalist Matthew Carr's riveting and \"richly detailed\" (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e) chronicle of what was, by 1614, the largest act of ethnic cleansing in European history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMonths after King Philip III of Spain signed an edict in 1609 denouncing the Muslim inhabitants of Spain as heretics, traitors, and apostates, the entire Muslim population of Spain was given three days to leave Spanish territory, on threat of death. In the brutal and traumatic exodus that followed, entire families and communities were forced to abandon homes and villages where they had lived for generations, leaving their property in the hands of their Christian neighbors. By 1613, an estimated 300,000 Muslims had been removed from Spanish territory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlood and Faith\u003c\/i\u003e presents a remarkable window onto a little known period of modern Europe-a complex tale of competing faiths and beliefs, cultural oppression, and resistance against over-whelming odds that sheds new light on national identity and Islam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Carr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1595586407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595586407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.26h x 5.55w x 0.98d","brand":"Matthew Carr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938531016959,"sku":"9781595586407","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_aa936c3c-6e28-44f1-98d4-51c9889de2d5.jpg?v=1681436234","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blood-and-faith-matthew-carr-9781595586407","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}