The Maghrib in Europe: Royal Slaves and Islamic Institutions in Eighteenth-Century Spain (original) (raw)
Related papers
Sixteenth Century Journal, 2019
This article reexamines the function, decoration, and political and artistic significance of the Torre de la Estufa of Charles V in the Alhambra, a steam room decorated between 1528 and 1539 with topographic landscapes of the conquest of Tunis and paintings of grotesques. Challenging the traditional focus on the tower's debt to the Italian Renaissance, this essay brings attention to its pre-existing Islamic framework, arguing that its overall architectural language, specific decorative elements, and intended function reveal Charles V's will to engage formally and conceptually with the preexisting palace as a means of advancing imperial ideology.
Muslims and the Chichimeca in New Spain: The Debates over Just War and Slavery
Anuario de Estudios Americanos, 2013
The author explores the contested relationship between changing identities, legal patterns, and cultural practices along the northern frontier of New Spain. Arguments in favor of enslaving the Chichimeca must be understood in the context of a broader historical process concerning Christian-Muslim relations on the Iberian peninsula, specifically policies toward the Granadan Moriscos. Analyzing often overlooked references to Muslims in colonial documents concerning the status of Amerindians can provide fresh insight into the relationship between European attitudes toward non-Europeans that was articulated at both imperial administrative and local levels along the contested frontier.