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Between "Tyranny" and "Gentleness": The Construction of Fernando III and Christian Kings in Arabic-Islamic Sources.

This article examines the construction of the memory of Fernando III of Castile-León in Arabic-Islamic texts in order to explore the cross-cultural geopolitics of the western Mediterranean. It argues that historiographical attempts to define righteous authority transcended religious affiliation amon...

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Published in:Medieval Encounters Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 1 - 33
Main Author: Holt, Edward L.
Format: Article
Published: Brill Academic Publishers 2022
Subjects:
Religious identity
Political elites
Kings & rulers
Geopolitics
Castile (Spain)
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