ERC Consolidator Grant · 2025
Reconstructing medieval minority ritual practice in Islamic Spain, 711-1400
Ritual is a powerful means for minority religious communities to express and preserve their collective identities. This has traditionally been said of Christians in al-Andalus, the area of the Iberian Peninsula that was under Islamic rule for half a millennium in the middle ages. The idea that minority Christians in this area continued to practice the same religious rites as before the Arab conquest is thought to show their resistance to Islamic rule. But can we assume this without establishing what their rites were? A lack of direct sources means little is known about the Andalusi Christian tradition. We must revisit the resulting assumptions about Christian ritual practice in al-Andalus,…
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