Awards

• Winner of Wadjih F. al-Hamwi Prize for Best First Book in Mediterranean Studies (United States).
• Winner of Wadjih F. al-Hamwi Prize for Best First Book in Mediterranean Studies 2020 (United States)

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Author:   Mayte Green-Mercado
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
Imprint:   Cornell University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.907kg
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9781501741463

ISBN 10:   1501741462
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   15 January 2020
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Note on Transliterations and Citations Introduction 1. Christian Visionary or Muslim Prophet? Re-Creating Identities in Late Spanish Islam 2. The Return of Muslim Granada: Prophecy and Martyrdom in the Alpujarras Revolt (1568-1570) 3. Ottoman Rome: Apocalyptic Prophecies in the Mediterranean (1570-1580) 4. ""The Grand Morisco Conspiracy"": Prophecy and Rebellion Plots in Valencia and Aragon (1570-1582) 5. Prophetic Fabrications of a Morisco Informant: Gil Pérez and the Moriscos of Valencia 6. Prophecy as Diplomacy: The Moriscos and Henry IV of France Epilogue Appendix A: First Prognostication of the War of Granada Appendix B: Second Prognostication of the War of Granada Appendix C: Third Prognostication of the War of Granada Appendix D: Prophecy of Fr. Juan de Rokasiya Appendix E: Account of the Scandals That Will Take Place at the End of Times in the Island of Spain Appendix F: Prophecy of St. Isidore Appendix G: Plaint of Spain Appendix H: Muhammad's Prophecy about Spain Bibliography Index

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A Morisco Apocalypse is of high quality, based on extensive research and clearly written. It utilizes both inquisitorial records, heretofore the main source for our understanding of the Moriscos, as well as the aljamiado literature to make a strong case for the importance of prophecies in shaping and defining an unstable Morisco population. -- Ben Ehlers, University of Georgia This is an innovative study, one that is sorely needed in the broader study of the premodern Apocalypse, which tends to be largely Christian-centered. This work is a major contribution to scholarship in its argument, broadly, but specifically in its focus on Iberia and on apocalyptic expectations in the Morisco communities. -- Michael A. Ryan,, University of New Mexico, editor of <I>Companion to the Premodern Apocalypse</I>

This work adds a crucial perspective to the growing body of scholarship that challenges the conception of a fixed, monolithic Morisco identity and the perception that Moriscos were a beleaguered group in need of rescue. Visions of Deliverance offers readers a fresh perspective on Morisco social, religious, and political beliefs and practices. * Comitatus * Moriscos stand tall in this book as historical agents (both individually and collectively), actors on a political world stage, some with dreams of an Ottoman Last World Emperor, others of a French; some with dreams of a return of Islam to Al-Andalus, others with the hope of being able to live peacefully 'under their own law.' With Visions of Deliverance, Mayte Green-Mercado has made a significant contribution to Mediterranean history. There is much in this excellent book that will be new to both experts and students alike * SIXTEENTH CENTURY JOURNAL * This excellent book should find a ready audience in readers interested in Morisco history and culture, and in prophetic and political discourse in early modern Islam, Iberia, and the Mediterranean as a whole. * Visions of Deliverance *

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Mayte Green-Mercado is Assistant Professor of History at Rutgers University–Newark. She has published articles in Medieval Encounters and the Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient.

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