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Conversion, ancestry and universal religion: the case of the Almohads in the Islamic West (sixth/twelfth-seventh/thirteenth centuries)
Fierro Bello, María Isabel
Fierro Bello, María Isabel [0000-0003-4736-7224]
Almohads
Conversion
Universal religion
Malikism
Monotheism
Twelfth century
Thirteenth century
The forced conversion of Jews and Christians stands out among the most puzzling policies implemented at the beginning of the Almohad revolutionary movement. In this article, the reasons behind such decision are reviewed again and then the focus is moved to its implications. Two aspects are dealt with: the Almohads’ suspicions about the faith of the forced converts, giving rise to discriminatory policies against them; and Almohad conceptions of a universal religion that advance our understanding of that “dream of conversion” which was such a prominent feature in the Mediterranean during the sixth/twelfth–seventh/thirteenth centuries.
2015-06-22T09:34:41Z
2015-06-22T09:34:41Z
2010
artículo
Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies 2(2): 155-173 (2010)
1754-6559
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/116946
10.1080/17546559.2010.495289
1754-6567
eng
https://doi.org/10.1080/17546559.2010.495289
Sí
closedAccess
Taylor & Francis