Medieval Spain: Culture, Conflict And Coexistence

Medieval Spain Culture, Conflict, and Coexistence Studies in Honour of Angus MacKay Edited by Roger Collins and Anthony Goodman Medieval Spain Medieval Spain Culture, Conflict, and Coexistence Studies in Honour of Angus MacKay Edited by Roger Collins and Anthony Goodman Editonal matter and selection © Roger Collins and Anthony Goodman 2002 Chapters 1–14 © Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2002 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 0–333–79387–0 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-publication Data Medieval Spain : culture, conflict, and coexistence/edited by Roger Collins and Anthony Goodman p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–333–79387–0 1. Spain—Civilization—711–1516. I. Collins, Roger, 1949- II. Goodman, Anthony, 1936DP99 .M34 2002 946’.02—dc21 2002022085 10 9 11 10 8 7 09 08 6 07 5 4 3 06 05 04 2 03 1 02 Printed and bound in Great Britain by Antony Rowe Ltd, Chippenham and Eastbourne Contents Introduction: Angus MacKay and the History of Later Medieval Spain Roger Collins 1 2 3 4 vii A Bibliography of Angus MacKay’s contributions to the subject Anthony Goodman xvii Notes on the Contributors xxii Continuity and Loss in Medieval Spanish Culture: the Evidence of MS Silos, Archivo Monástico 4 Roger Collins 1 Traitors to the Faith? Christian Mercenaries in al-Andalus and the Maghreb, c. 1100–1300 Simon Barton 23 Jews and Moors in the Siete Partidas of Alfonso X the Learned: a Background Perspective Robert I. Burns 46 Trading with the ‘Other’: Economic Exchanges between Muslims, Jews, and Christians in Late Medieval Northern Castile Teofilo F. Ruiz 63 5 Catalina of Lancaster, the Castilian Monarchy and Coexistence Ana Echevarria 6 Alonso de Cartagena’s Libros de