{"product_id":"deza-and-its-moriscos-patrick-j-obanion-9781496216724","title":"Deza and Its Moriscos: Religion and Community in Early Modern Spain","description":"Bainton Prize for History and Theology Honorable Mention \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeza and Its Moriscos\u003c\/i\u003e addresses an incongruity in early modern Spanish historiography: a growing awareness of the importance played by Moriscos in Spanish society and culture alongside a dearth of knowledge about individuals or local communities. By reassessing key elements in the religious and social history of early modern Spain through the experience of the small Castilian town of Deza, Patrick J. O'Banion asserts the importance of local history in understanding large-scale historical events and challenges scholars to rethink how marginalized people of the past exerted their agency. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Moriscos, baptized Muslims and their descendants, were pressured to convert to Christianity at the end of the Middle Ages but their mass baptisms led to fears about lingering crypto-Islamic activities. Many political and religious authorities, and many of the Moriscos' neighbors as well, concluded that the conversions had produced false Christians. Between 1609 and 1614 nearly all of Spain's Moriscos--some three hundred thousand individuals--were thus expelled from their homeland. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contrary to the assumptions of many modern scholars, rich source materials show the town's Morisco minority wielded remarkable social, economic, and political power. Drawing deeply on a diverse collection of archival material as well as early printed works, this study illuminates internal conflicts, external pressures brought to bear by the Inquisition, the episcopacy, and the crown, and the possibilities and limitations of negotiated communal life at the dawn of modernity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick J. O'Banion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496216725\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496216724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Patrick J. O'Banion","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43941179130111,"sku":"9781496216724","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8456e55f-2b0f-42d7-85d3-22a99df2fb37.jpg?v=1681451381","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/deza-and-its-moriscos-patrick-j-obanion-9781496216724","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}