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Boswell, John, The Royal Treasure: Muslim Communities under the Crown of Aragon in the Fourteenth Century, New Haven - Londres, Yale University Press, 1977, xiv + 526 pp.

Resum
Sumari:
* Introduction. Prefatory note on currency and metric values
* I. The mudéjar population: its constituents and rulers
* II. The aljama and the morería: the internal organization of the mudéjar community
* III. Mudéjares before the law: competing systems of justice
* IV. Feudal and military duties of the mudéjares
* V. Mudéjar taxes and aljama finances
* VI. Rights of mudéjares
* VII. Oppression of mudéjares
* VIII. Acculturation, loyalty and the war with Castile
* Conclusions
* Appendix of documents
* Glossary
* Bibliography
Matèries
Història - Política
Societat
Arabisme
Musulmans
Notes
Reimpr.: Ann Arbor (Michigan) - Londres, UMI Books on Demand, 1994.
Recensions:
* J. Wansbrough, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 41/3 (1978), 595-596 .
* Thomas F. Glick, The American Historical Review, 84/1 (1979), 138-139 .
* P. Rycraft, The English Historical Review, 94/372 (1979), 626-627 .
* Robert I. Burns, Speculum, 54/3 (1979), 546-548 .
* James F. Powers a The International History Review, 1/3 (1979), 441-444 .
URL
http:/​/​libro.uca.edu/​boswell/​rt.htm
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