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'Immersed in the Snares of Apostasy:’ Martyrdom and Dissent in Early al-Andalus

Cintron, Francisco
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1524486579772013

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2018, Artium Baccalaureus (AB), Ohio University, History.
The thesis analyzes the role of the Islamic legal system and the juridical climate of 9th century Cordoba in the manifestation of a group of Christian martyrs known as the Martyrs of Cordoba in the 850s. It argues that, alongside the strong sociocultural changes Cordoban Christians experienced in the 850s, the Islamic legal system of al-Andalus (Islamic Iberia) buttressed a sociopolitical order that prompted and suppressed many of Cordoba’s martyrs. It also closely analyzes the sources for the Cordoban martyrdoms, authored primarily by Eulogius and Albar of Cordoba, and their anti-Islamic and anti-assimilationist stances in order to separate their polemical construction of the martyr narratives from the martyrs’ actual lived experiences. Through a close investigation of a handful of key martyrs, the thesis presents how Islamic legal rulings on apostasy, blasphemy, and interfaith marriages all variedly brought Christians into the qadi’s court and provided them with the necessary tools to achieve their martyrdoms. The close interconnection between al-Andalus’ legal system and the emir’s administration consequently transformed the martyrdoms into cases of clear social dissent through their religious and legal assaults on Cordoba’s sociopolitical order.
Kevin Uhalde, Dr. (Advisor)
100 p.
History; Law; Medieval History; Religious History
Spain; al-Andalus; Religion; Law; Society; Martyr; Medieval Spain; History; Martyrs of Cordoba; Eulogius; Islamic Law;

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  • Cintron, F. (2018). 'Immersed in the Snares of Apostasy:’ Martyrdom and Dissent in Early al-Andalus [Electronic thesis or dissertation, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1524486579772013

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Cintron, Francisco. 'Immersed in the Snares of Apostasy:’ Martyrdom and Dissent in Early al-Andalus. 2018. Ohio University, Electronic thesis or dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1524486579772013.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Cintron, Francisco. "'Immersed in the Snares of Apostasy:’ Martyrdom and Dissent in Early al-Andalus." Electronic thesis or dissertation, Ohio University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1524486579772013

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