Overview

This book provides multifaceted analyses of everyday interpersonal violence in the Kingdom of Valencia and Catalonia between the 14th and 17th centuries. Employing qualitative and microhistorical approaches, its contributors weave a narrative tapestry where revenge among religious minorities, the impact of war on Muslim rural communities, and the phenomenon of banditry intertwine to reveal the social and cultural complexity of the era. Furthermore, its chapters explore piracy and mercenary activities, uncovering how these practices influenced social and economic dynamics. Their contributors also delve into the trials against witches and the repression of heretical deviations or non-normative behaviors, offering a critical view on how these events were framed within the struggle for power and social control. The cumulative work of the authors not only sheds light on dark and forgotten aspects of history, but also prompts reflections on the nature of violence and its role in the construction of collective identities. With meticulous research and an interdisciplinary focus, this book is essential for understanding the history of violence in the Iberian Peninsula and its transcendence on contemporary society.

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Author:   Antonio Cortijo Ocaña ,  Guillermo López Juan ,  Alejandro Llinares Planells
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG
Imprint:   Peter Lang AG
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   5
Weight:   0.459kg
ISBN:  

9783631914533

ISBN 10:   3631914539
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   10 April 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Alejandro Llinares Planells / Guillermo López Juan: Rethinking Violence at the Margins: Valencia and Catalonia (14th to 17th Centuries) –Guillermo López Juan:Three Religious Communities, One Culture of Honour: Muslims, Jews, Christians, and the Vengeance in Late Medieval Iberia (Valencia, 15th Century) –Pablo Sanahuja Ferrer: The Root of Hate: The Reaction of Valencian Muslim Aljamas to the War of the Two Peters (1356– 1369) – Miquel Faus Faus: The Case of Pere Comte, a Valencian Soldier Missing in Action After the Battle of Aljubarrota (1385) – Javier Fajardo Paños: ‘Scarrinxo, Corsair and Enemy of our Nation’: Pirates on the Shores of the Crown of Aragon Through the Case of a Genoese Pirate in the Fifteenth Century –Francesc Granell Sales: Beholding Violence in the Centenar de la Ploma Altarpiece of St George – Jacob Mompó: Confession under Torture. The Practice of Inquisitorial Torment in the Territories of the Crown of Aragon – Vicent Josep Escartí: The Eventful Life and Cruel Death of the Moorish Sodomite Gregori Xeus – Agustí Alcoberro: Witch Hunts and the ‘Little Ice Age’ in Catalonia: The Crime of Triggering Natural Disasters and Its Repression (1614– 1629) –Àngel Casals: Don Guillem de Josa: The Tragic Adventure of a Gentleman Bandit in the Lands of the Crown of Aragon (1548– 1568) – Víctor Jurado : Violence and Loyalty in Modern Times: The Case of the Catalan Nobility in the Sixteenth Century – Alejandro Llinares Planells: Bandits, Factions, and Nobles: Different Sides of the Same Coin in Seventeenth- Century Valencian Banditry.

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Guillermo López Juan is a predoctoral researcher at the Universities of Valencia and Picardie Jules Verne. His doctoral project focuses on analyzing the family dynamics, endogamy, and integration of the converso community in Valencia during the 15th century. More broadly, his research is contextualized within a marked interest in studying the relationships between different religious communities in the Iberian Peninsula in the Premodern Era. Alejandro Llinares Planells holds a Ph.D. in Early Modern History from the University of Málaga and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the same institution. His doctoral work interweaves literature and archival sources to reconstruct the history of Iberian banditry during the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. He has published several papers and book chapters on banditry, popular printing, public opinion and the death penalty in the Hispanic Monarchy.

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