Pedro de Valencia and the Catholic apologists of the expulsion of the Moriscos : visions of Christianity and kingship /

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Author / Creator:Magnier, Grace.
Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Description:1 online resource (xiii, 424 pages) : illustrations
Language:Multiple
Series:The medieval and early modern Iberian world, 0569-1934 ; v. 38
Medieval and early modern Iberian world ; v. 38.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11283986
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ISBN:9789004189409
9004189408
9789004182882
9004182888
Digital file characteristics:text file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-419) and index.
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Summary:The Spanish Moriscos, Muslims forcibly converted to Christianity, were expelled by Philip III between 1609 and 1614. Subsequently, writers known as Catholic Apologists wrote justifying the event. Pedro de Valencia, humanist, biblical scholar, jurist and royal Chronicler, condemned expulsion. Both Apologists and Pedro de Valencia made their case by invoking Divine Providence: the former contended that millenarian prophecies and apocalyptic visions were signs of divine warning beforehand and of approval afterwards; Valencia urged Philip III to act as a shepherd king, arguing that Divine Providen.
Other form:Print version: Magnier, Grace. Pedro de Valencia and the Catholic apologists of the expulsion of the Moriscos. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010 9789004182882
Standard no.:9786612786792